42-3148
Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Patterson 17/4/43; then 526BS [LF-A] Kimbolton 30/5/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 with Bill Brinkman, Bombardier: Don Andrews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Watkins, Radio Operator: Bill Carver, Ball turret gunner: Alf Mitchell, Waist gunner: Ralph Smith, Waist gunner: Bob Todd,Tail gunner: Frank Murphy (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Cochran, Navigator: Bill Homes{Wounded in Action} (2 Prisoner of War); coll head on with enemy aircraft, crashed close to airfield at Marx, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1369.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 June 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1369 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database