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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 November 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1388 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database