42-31161 Spare Parts

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Arthur Peper, Co-pilot: Jim Hyde, Navigator: Ed Connelly, Bombardier: Francis Mauge, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Goobic, Radio Operator: Abe Cosmer, Ball turret gunner: Henry Reilly, Waist gunner: Howard McMahon, Waist gunner: Julius Otfinoski, Tail gunner: Otis Mason (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Gollbogen, four miles NE of Zerbst, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4248.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06138058
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 April 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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

 

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4248 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database