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Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton 13/9/43; landing accident with Bill Jones on base 4/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Merl Schroeder, Co-pilot: Albt Schanke{with up Tzummarum 25/5/44}, Navigator: Henry Tracy{with up Terschelling beach 27/5/44}, Bombardier: Paul Girvin{with up Asluitdjik 16/5/44}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Limieux, Radio Operator: Irvine Wade{with up Pietersbaum 26/5/44}, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Kelly, Waist gunner: Tony Carpentieri{with up Pietersbaum 14/3.44}, Waist gunner: Dick Rucker,Tail gunner: John Hall (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-3265 (96BG), crashed North Sea about six miles of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1563.

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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

Anthony Carpentieri

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32409354
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert Paul Girvin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-739425
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Burns Hull

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32491988
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Clarence Eugene Kelly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34357305
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Arthur Lucien Lemieux

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11068349
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 16 December 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1563 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database