42-30623 Vassar's Virgin
Delivered Amarillo 1/7/434; Cheyenne 27/7/43; Gore 7/8/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-L] Podington 16/9/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Chas Nashold (kept ship level so crew could jump), Ball turret gunner: Earl Keller (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Fahlstrom, Bombardier: Fred Butler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Richardson, Radio Operator: Bill Schuff, Waist gunner: Leo Conners, Waist gunner: Paul Zeman, Tail gunner: Tom Rodman (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jim Liles (evaded capture); flak, crashed Les Quatre Seigneurs, 12 miles E of Thionville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2754. VASSAR’S VIRGIN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Augsburg, Germany | 25 February 1944 | |
|
Crashed |
57100 Thionville, France |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2754 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database