42-37925 Rick-O-Shay III

Delivered Denver 15/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-M] Framlingham 16/11/43; Missing in Action Munich 18/3/44 with Bob Biesecker, Co-pilot: Floyd Breedlove, Navigator: Irving Nordendahl, Bombardier: Theo Aycock, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Peter Repka, Ball turret gunner: Dominic Robbe, Tail gunner: Bill Rooks (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Harry Houck, Waist gunner: Mike Farowich, Waist gunner: Grover Wallace (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wallburg, near Ettenheim, five miles S of Schwarzwald, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3182. RICK-O-SHAY III.

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Irving M Nordendahl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Peter Repka

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Dominick V Robbe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William E Rooks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Grover F Wallace

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35343658
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 18 March 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database