42-31409 Liberty run

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/1/44; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Chas Barnes, Co-pilot: Frank Hopko, Navigator: Rowland Gaunt, Bombardier: John Maguire, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delbert Mann, Radio Operator: J.F. Albright, Ball turret gunner: Bill Baynes, Waist gunner: Peter Sfikas, Waist gunner: Bob Earp,Tail gunner: George Walker (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, close to Danish coast; Missing Air Crew Report 2648.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

J F Albright

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Charles O Barnes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William E Baynes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert R Earp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Rowland Gaunt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 22 February 1944 - 22 February 1944 Crash landed in North Sea. Search by German personnel for survivors proved negative.

Revisions

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Sources

www.airmen.dk/p271propLRun.htm

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2648 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database