42-40050 Channel Express III
Delivered Long Beach 16/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Prestwick, UK 15/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-J] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Bordeaux 19/6/44 with Bill Massey, Bombardier: Lew Stelljes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Beard (3 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Dominic Ceresa, Radio Operator: Harry Earnes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Mahler, Waist gunner: Alf Wieters, Waist gunner: Jim Faulkner,Tail gunner: Paul White (7 Killed in Action); mech. fault, spun down and exploded, crashed Chez Renard, near Jauldes, ten miles N of Angouleme, Fr ; Missing Air Crew Report 6002. CHANNEL EXPRESS III.
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- Date: 27 March 1944
- Date: 24 March 1944
- Date: 20 March 1944
- Date: 11 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 19 June 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6002 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database