42-3525
Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Hill 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-D] Alconbury 8/9/43; was on first trial Oboe II sortie 11/11/43; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-C] Ridgewell 22/2/44; Missing in Action {1+m} Eschwege 19/4/44 with Leslie Bond, Navigator: Chas Brumback, Bombardier: Gerald Hilton, Radio Operator: Bill Jones, Ball turret gunner: Tony Caserta, Waist gunner: Anthony Darrington,Tail gunner: Bob Batchelder (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wilbur Mason, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Neal Clyman (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stubenmuhle, near Frettenrode, ten miles N of Eschwege, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4050.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34623141
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4050 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database