42-31373 Flakstop

media-21687.jpeg UPL 21687

452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Object Number - UPL 21687

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-V] Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/43 with Chas Wagner, Radio Operator: Francis Shaffer, Waist gunner: Joe Tracey, Waist gunner: Fred Richmond, Tail gunner: George James (5 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Freeman (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Alan Willis, Navigator: Clyde Martin, Bombardier: Henry Gladys, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Porter Wounded in Action (4 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Staphorst-de-Leijen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2916. FLAKSTOP.

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Frederick V Richmond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11018903
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner,

Francis Shaffer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34403199
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Joseph E Tracy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Charles F Wagner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684435
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alan Richard Willis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-754451
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Zwarteveenweg 5, Staphorst, The Netherlands 6 March 1944

Revisions

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ContributorPieterMantel
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Photograph taken by PieterMantel

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorPete
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2916 / MACR 3930 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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