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Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 751BS/457BG [G] Glatton 25/1/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Artie Whitlow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Isker (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Cunningham, n/b-Dan McLaughlin, Radio Operator: Paul Clark, Waist gunner: Lovel O’Masters, Waist gunner: Bob Towle,Tail gunner: Jim Ambrose (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Roe Woodis (evaded capture); enemy aircraft knocked off one third of wing, crashed in woods near Thannenkirch, NW of Bergheim, nine miles N of Colmar, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5299. SWEAT’ER OUT.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-815091
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat.  Silver wings are pinned above left-side jacket lapel.  There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat.  Only the upper torso and head is visible.  The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 27 May 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5299 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database