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
- 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 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 30 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2878 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database