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Delivered Dallas 30/7/43; Gore 31/7/43; Dallas 3/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 27/9/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with George Hale, Co-pilot: Everett Smith, Navigator: Jim Kelly, Bombardier: Paul Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Anderson, Radio Operator: Frank Lockman, Ball turret gunner: Lou Madison, Waist gunner: Bill Lilienthal, Waist gunner: Lloyd Quarles (9 Killed in Action), Tail gunner: Don Wilson (Prisoner of War); flak knocked off ball turret and set #2 on fire, ship exploded & crashed elsig, near Frauenberg, 22 miles SW of Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1387.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 1 December 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1387 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database