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Delivered Denver 16/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-N] Rougham 8/10/43, then 332BS [XM-F]; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-V] Snetterton 10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 13/11/43 with Henry Marks, Navigator: Bernie Cress, Bombardier: Ben Ehrlich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Fuhrman, Radio Operator: Maurice Wren, Ball turret gunner: Maurice Bowen,Tail gunner: Edmund O’Rourke (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wilbur Brown (evaded capture), Waist gunner: Francis Ferrick, Waist gunner: Gene Fennell (2 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with B-17, crashed Ommen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1388.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Maurice I Bowen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Wilbur H Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Bernard M Cress

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Benjamin Ehrlich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Eugene L Fennell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 November 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorJeff Greenwood
Changes
Sources

image is from our family archive

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1388 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database