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Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Gd Island 19/10/43; Romulus 28/10/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-W] Podington 23/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Homer Wall, Co-pilot: John Abel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Turner (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jim Hyland, Bombardier: Sid Trink, Radio Operator: Ted Dilley, Ball turret gunner: Andy Toporcer, Waist gunner: Ken Porter, Waist gunner: Jim Dibrino,Tail gunner: Leon Luba (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed between Wambeln & Scheidingen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3413.

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Kenneth W Porter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Andrew J Toporcer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Sidney Trink

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William D Turner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Homer C Wall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 23 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3413 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database