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Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/44; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-W] Chelveston 16/2/44; Missing in Action Cottbus 29/5/44 with Edward P. Kass, Co-pilot: Frank A. Gioffe; Bombardier: Warren M. Nutter; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry A. Rublewsky; Radio Operator: Robert E. Rahn; Ball turret gunner: Edward Towle; Left Waist gunner: Billie V. Franklin; Right Waist gunner: Claude T. Blanton (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Robert J. Kierman; Tail gunner: Foster E. Heath (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft; crashed Baltic Sea, East of a place called Ranzow, about 8km Northeast of Sassnitz, on Rügen Island, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 5337.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14125541
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34055885
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-753523
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 May 1944 Crashed in the Baltic Sea, East of a place called Ranzow, about 8km Northeast of Sassnitz, on Rügen Island, Germany.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 5337 / KU 2092

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5337 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database