42-30847 Pegasus

Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-N] Snetterton 8/9/43; ret from mission 10/2/44 with Bob Dickert, Co-pilot: Bob Scott, Navigator: Ken Stone (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Vernon Schraeder, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim White (5 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Chas Rayburn (Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Chas Gafford (Wounded in Action), Waist gunner: Hermon Rennow (Wounded in Action), Tail gunner: Bob Myers (3 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Wilbur Haugen (evaded capture); Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Don Kasch, Navigator: Gene Schadler (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Leroy Allen, Bombardier: Roger Buhla, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Gerba, Radio Operator: Bob Stott, Ball turret gunner: Norman Wilcox, Waist gunner: Guy Wert, Waist gunner: John Lawski, Tail gunner: Boles Masys (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lutten, four miles NE of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3423. PEGASUS.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Leroy Edward Allen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-675902
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Roger Dent Buhla

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746644
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Charles W Gafford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37242484
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Joseph Richard Gerba

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32460858
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Wilbur T Haugen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37318587
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 8 March 1944

Revisions

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - misspelled first name of Hermon.

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Corrected 2 typos in surnames (Myers & Wilcox) in the "Summary biography".

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Added "()" around "Wounded in Action" (3 places) for clarity.

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” (2 places) to aid clarity.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3423 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database