42-37751
Delivered Denver 7/8/43; force landed Presque Is, MA with F.D. Schwickert 4/9/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-P] Chelveston 16/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Wallace Emmert, Co-pilot: Bob Fortnam, Navigator: Ernie Schelander, Bombardier: Walter Fox, Waist gunner: Elton Kevil, Waist gunner: Theo Sysol,Tail gunner: Howard Newton (7 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Weiss, Radio Operator: Henry Besette, Ball turret gunner: Jim Strange (3 evaded capture); flak, crash landed Noord-Ooost-Polder, SE of former island of Urk, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 871.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 871 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database