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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4248 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database