42-38001
Delivered Denver 11/11/43; Romulus 12/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 17/12/43.
Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Lee Anthony, Co-pilot: Ona Accord, Navigator: George Knock, Bombardier: Loren Burber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dean Marriot, Radio Operator: Ed Toomey, Ball turret gunner: John Greider, Waist gunner: Dick Harding, Waist gunner: Percy Lyle,Tail gunner: Bill Fusco (10 Killed in Action).
Collided with Me109, crashed in quarry near Reichweeiler, near Schartzerden, eight miles NE of St Wendel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2380.
"The Flying Fortress of pilot Lee E. Anthony of 96 BG crashed after an air raid on Ludwigshafen as a result of a collision with German pilot Bruno Bolowski’s Me-109. All ten crewmembers perished".
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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 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38018607 / O-751709
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 January 1944 |
Revisions
Roland Geiger/Klaus Zimmer at http://www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de/html/st__wendel.html
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database