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Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; New castle 29/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 17/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 26/6/43 with Joseph Rosio, Co-pilot: George W. Evans, Bombardier: Sidney Casden, Radio Operator: Lester Brown Jr, Ball turret gunner: John H. Houghton, Waist gunner: Anthony Frank Cucinotta,Tail gunner: Lee Lewis (7 evaded capture); Navigator: Leonard J. Fink, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Otho E. Masterson, Waist gunner: John H. Kuberski (3 Prisoner of War); crashed Guillerval, near Etampes, 30 miles S of Paris Fr. No MACR.

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are  wearing  cold weather flying gear.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0–672341
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14107839
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/ Gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are  wearing  cold weather flying gear.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-670736
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

26 June 1943 Attacked by enemy aircraft; with #2 engine burning, five crewmembers bailed out; exploded in midair and crashed between Plessis-St-Benoist and Etampes, France, 30 miles south of Paris. No MACR.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / E&E 180 / E&E 355 / E&E 52 / E&E 53 / E&E 54 / E&E 55 / E&E 56 & 71 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database