42-31186
Delivered Cheyenne 28/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 28/2/44 with Chas Harris, Co-pilot: Roy Dutton, Navigator: Alf Kleinrath, Bombardier: Oliver Griffith, Radio Operator: Manas Manasian, Ball turret gunner: Harry Hand, Waist gunner: Walt Larson, Waist gunner: Larry Shiveley,Tail gunner: Harry Fenton (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Towle (EVD-ret UK by 9/9/44); severe flak damage, crashed between Hericourt & Blangerval-Blangemont, five miles SW of St Pol, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2889.
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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 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39552908
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 28 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2889 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database