42-31692

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Gt Falls 1/1/44; Presque Is 3/1/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG Kimbolton 24/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Frank Upson, Waist gunner: Sheridan Heimerl (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Edwin Hake, Navigator: Marshall Hellyar, Bombardier: Roy Grant, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Salamone, Radio Operator: Aaron Dreizin, Ball turret gunner: John Callison, Waist gunner: Hubert Crook,Tail gunner: George Van Sickle (8 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Holsen, four miles SE of Lubbecke/Westfalen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2878.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683685
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 January 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2878 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database