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Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 8/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Hanover 30/7/43 with Earl Pickard, Co-pilot: Billy Hooker, Navigator: Bob Hoke{evaded capture until he was betrayed 15/4/44}, Bombardier: Wallace Soderberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orville Lewis, Radio Operator: Walt Togel, Ball turret gunner: Harlan Oakburg, Waist gunner: Ralph May, Waist gunner: Sam Tucker,Tail gunner: Don Boyd (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1, crew bailed, ship crashed Berlaar, near Lier, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 3142.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gordon L Amos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 26 July 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3142 / MACR 5386 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database