42-31086
Delivered Cheyenne 16/9/43; Gr Island 27/9/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-O] Snetterton 11/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Edwin Smith, Co-pilot: Albt Csizmadia, Navigator: Howard Reid, Bombardier: Bob Trussler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Hawkes, Radio Operator: Marvis Sassen, Ball turret gunner: Frank Cunningham, Waist gunner: Harmon Guise, Waist gunner: Howard Inscoe,Tail gunner: John Bavosa (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft struck over Frisian Is., crashed It Kleaster, near Poppingweir, nine miles S of Leeuwarden, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1567.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 16 December 1943 |
Revisions
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AAM aircraft synopses at 42-31086, 42-31088 & 41-9086 (sic).
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1567 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database