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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
- 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: 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
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 27 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5299 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database