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B-17 Flying Fortress
MACR #8608, page 2
Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; with Albert Jones crash landed base 2/2/44; Written off 4/2/44.
Group
The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Military | Major | Observer | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down 3 September 1944 in A/C #42-38119, Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Military | Captain | Bombardier | 452nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944
DFC/ AM
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #4238119.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Military | Captain | Navigator | 452nd Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Co-Pilot | 482nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #42-38119. Crashed off Channel Islands Missing Air Crew Report #8609. Hit by Flak over Guernsey Island, #2 engine flames, Lost altitude, #2 engine fell, #3 prop feathered. Ditched with no explosion. No...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 452nd Bomb Group
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 3 September 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:48 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8609 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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