42-31731

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 26/1/44; Presque Is 30/1/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-M] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Albert Amiero, Co-pilot: Howard Kilmer, Navigator: Albt Rule, Bombardier: Tom Elliott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Gilbert, Radio Operator: John Kovacs, Ball turret gunner: Virgil Summers, Waist gunner: Bob Spires,Tail gunner: Tom Baer (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Owen Stockton (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Uptloh, near Quackenbruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3019.

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John J Kovacs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Albert P Rule

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Hobart H Spires

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35453677
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Owen D Stockton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Virgil F Summers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3019 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database