42-30155
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Object Number - UPL 35400 - B-17F 42-30155 warming up before take-off, Chelveston, 29 June 1943 (official USAAF photo)
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C/E] Chelveston 31/5/43; force landed RAF St Eval 4/7/43, ret 12/8/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Percy Hoag, Co-pilot: Lonnie McGee, Navigator: Hubert Fraker, Bombardier: Chas Howell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Rosenkoff, Radio Operator: Albert Croce, Ball turret gunner: Bob LaFontaine, Waist gunner: Burnette Dethlefsen, Waist gunner: Charles Maerser,Tail gunner: Lyman Franklin (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed mouth of Eider River, off Vollerweik, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1684.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 5 January 1944 |