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Delivered Dallas 22/9/43; Harvard 9/10/43; Wilmington 12/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 23/12/43; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall /44; Bombardier: Lt Mike Chaklos (KIA-pilot was Ingebritsen) 5/1/44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 20/2/44 with Richard F. Reed, Navigator: Donald D. Jacobs, Bombardier: Charles W. McCollester, Radio Operator: Harmond J. Jones, Ball turret gunner: William J. B. Rowling, Waist gunner: Kenneth H. Bonnar, Waist gunner: Benjamin E. Ferrici,Tail gunner: John J. Chinni (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Wyman E. Osness, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William T. Morse (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bellinge, 12km SW of Odense, Fyn Island, Denmark. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2433.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Mike Chaklos
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32094301 / O-670001
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16126416
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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MACR 2433

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2433 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database