42-31451

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Gt Falls 6/11/43; Billings 7/11/43; Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 21/12/43 then 367BS [GY-G]; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Ross McCollum, Co-pilot: Marcus Thomas, Navigator: Dan Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Warner, Radio Operator: Henry Stelmach, Ball turret gunner: Howard Chatelain, Waist gunner: Warren Goss, Waist gunner: Leander Aurie,Tail gunner: Andy Barrus (9 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Lloyd Crabtree (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with another B-17, then enemy aircraft on return trip, crashed near Hotel De Witte Raaf, Epe, Gelderland, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1934.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688054
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-743054
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32390535
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751773
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16162170
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 January 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1934 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database