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Info from his son Dixie Brent Betenson
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 6/11/43; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 4/3/44 with Art Mittman, Co-pilot: Francis Betenson, Navigator: Byron Dillingham, Bombardier: Ralph Karkow, Ball turret gunner: John Martinez, Waist gunner: Art Nihiser, Waist gunner: Carl Owens,Tail gunner: George Wilmont (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hopkinsjumped no chute, Radio Operator: Walter Beck (2 Killed in Action); flak hit, ship broke in half, crashed at Buskow rail station, near Ruppin, NW of Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2915. BREAKS OF THE GAME. (Another record gives Salvaged by 390BG on 14/7/44)
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 4 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database