42-30646 Rebecca
Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 28/7/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-O] Alconbury 2/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Carson Fleming, Co-pilot: Art LarsonWounded in Action, Navigator: Bob Purdon, Bombardier: Joe Suss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Spencer, Radio Operator: Ray McMann, Ball turret gunner: Florian Fenclau,Tail gunner: Joe Turon (8 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Alf Antonacci, Waist gunner: Tom Cleveland (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, and wing on fire, crashed Gerolstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 745. REBECCA.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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
- Service Numbers: 12164391
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- 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: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 4 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 745 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database