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media-44876.jpeg UPL 44876

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Object Number - UPL 44876

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 22/4/43; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-C] Alconbury 24/4/43; then 327BG [UX-D]; Missing in Action T/Ops 6/9/43 with Wayne Bogard, Navigator: Jim McGrew, Waist gunner: Frank Lusic (3 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Bob Larsen, Bombardier: Taylor Harrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Beach, Radio Operator: Max Gibbs, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Carl, Waist gunner: Herschell Richardson, Tail gunner: Cloe Crutchfield (7 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Estissac, 12 miles W of Troyes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 741.

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Taylor D Harrison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier

Robert D Larsen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Frank Tony Lusic

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36339861
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

James M McGrew

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Herschell L Richardson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 September 1943

Revisions

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Contributorphil marchese
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Added markings.
Deleted redudant and incorrect information in block field.
( Thiscwas not a lend-lease "Fortress."

P. MARCHESE, FEB. 15. 2022.

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ContributorED-BB
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Deleted connection to Media

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ContributorED-BB
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Associated Media

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space(s) to the A/C “Description” for readability.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 741 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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