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Delivered Denver 17/5/43; Dow Fd 11/6/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-N] Grafton Underwood 27/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 14 July 1943 with Pilot James S. Munday (Wounded in Action); Radio Operator: Edward C. Ruby; Left Waist gunner: Francis M. Green; Right Waist gunner: Joseph S. Woodstock; Tail gunner: George F. Blackwell (5 evaded capture). Co-pilot: Frederick T. Marston (evaded for a time but turned over to Gestapo with other US crewmen from another group); Navigator: Billy J. Lansford; Bombardier: Robert L. Olson; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James E. Miles; Ball turret gunner: Lloyd E. Johnson (5 Prisoners of War). Crash-landed near Les Essarts-Le-Roi, South of Versailles, France. No MACR.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18080847
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060823 and O-665707
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12053323 at enlistment, then O-733088
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11038128
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32431805
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

14 July 1943

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / E&E 104 / E&E 105 / E&E 108 / E&E 96 / E&E 97 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database