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Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Presque Is 14/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG [ –P] Knettishall 14/10/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Russell Boyce, Bombardier: Jack Graves, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Calvin Leitz, Radio Operator: John Turpen, Ball turret gunner: Norman Hubbert, Waist gunner: Ken Ernester, Tail gunner: Alf Japhen (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Darrell Hornsby, Navigator: Emmett Lawless (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #2 and #3, crashed Rottendorf, N of Rossleben, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7820.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733513
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753977
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15382852
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group Headquarters (388th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-396383
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Group Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-674166
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator/Squadron Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 July 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Information sent by Dick Read relating to Arthur M. Read and the 388th Bomb Group. (From 'The 388th At War' by Ed Huntzinger).
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7820 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database