42-31658 Danse Macabre
Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Romulus 17/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-G] Horham 26/12/43; 5m, Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Jim Kelly, Co-pilot: John Orr, Bombardier: Frank Gilbert, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Coffey, Waist gunner: Roy Tillinghast,Tail gunner: Bob Reed (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Bill Knoxchute failed, not found until 26/4/44, Radio Operator: John Wojceichowski, Ball turret gunner: Gus Ridley, Waist gunner: George Bryan (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Bippen-Ohrtermersch, N of Furstenau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2546.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808081
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
![The wreck of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100046) of the 389th Bomb Group, 2 October 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-2-7-61SC)(2-10-44)(A/C No. 2100046 - B-24)." Handwritten on reverse: '389BG. Taverham.' On reverse: John H. Woolnough [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414027.jpg.webp?itok=dBtsEDls)
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 29 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed near Bippen-Ohrtermersch, N of Furstenau, Germany. (4 x KIA, 6 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2546. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2546 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database