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Delivered Denver 19/9/43; Scott 2/10/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-N] Polebrook 24/10/43; Missing in Action `15m` Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Walter Illies, Co-pilot: John Breland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Vaughn, Radio Operator: Alby Jacques, Ball turret gunner: Art Briggs, Waist gunner: Bob Alexander (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Rich Perle`Wounded in Action`, Bombardier: Bob Casper, Waist gunner: Bill Brown,Tail gunner: Merle Thompson`Wounded in Action` (4 Prisoner of War); flak blew off most of vert. stab. before exploding in mid-air, crashed Erbstetten, 19 miles W of Ulm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3237. CASA DE EMBRIAGOS. (KIA Garland Childers?)



B-17 Fortress Master Log has MACR wrong. Correct one is 6168. NARA split the MACR into two URLs: https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=%22Missing%20Air%20Crew%20Report%…

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

People

Robbie R Alexander

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Wilbert Beyer

Wilbert Leroy Beyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37267877
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner
Lloyd Bogle

Lloyd Waylon Bogle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18162687
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

John G Breland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Arthur C Briggs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 18 March 1944

Revisions

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ContributorDouglas P
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NARA

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3238 / MACR 6168 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database