42-39989 Patches
Delivered Long Beach 27/10/43; Grand Island 13/11/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 15/12/43; with W. Overstreet force landed Halesworth AFB, UK (crew OK) 9/3/44; [18m] Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Ed Herman, Co-pilot: John Leathers, Navigator: Chas Brennan, Bombardier: Vic Marck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Hingert, Radio Operator: Matt Haebig, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bunn, Waist gunner: Gene Earnest, Waist gunner: Art Blanchard,Tail gunner: Frank Komor (10 Prisoner of War); two engines out, wing blew off and crashed Schweighausen, 25 miles N of Frieberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3231 (4904?).
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12152549
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 16 March 1944
- Date: 15 March 1944
- Date: 13 March 1944
- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | 9 March 1944 | Force landed Halesworth AFB, UK (crew OK) 9/3/44. Pilot Lt W Overstreet. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Schweighausen, Germany | 16 March 1944 - 16 March 1944 | Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44. Cause - two engines out, wing blew off and crashed Schweighausen, 25 miles N of Frieberg, Germany. (10 x POW)Missing Air Crew Report MACR 3231. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3231 / MACR 4904 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3231 / MACR 4904 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database