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Delivered Long Beach 3/2/43; Rapid City 17/2/43; Brookley 28/3/43; Morrison 10/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred AFSC 5/43, then 546BS/384BG [BK-E] Grafton Underwood 7/8/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 with Dave Magowan, Co-pilot: Leonard Bughman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Grinstein, Radio Operator: Ladislaw Koves, Ball turret gunner: Matt Coody, Waist gunner: Ed Ohe (6 Prisoner of War); Tail gunner: Jim Murray (Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dougherty, Bombardier: John Heald, Waist gunner: Bob Sheets (3 evaded capture); shot down by enemy aircraft after crew bailed, crashed near Ramboville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 295.
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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
- 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: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1943
- Date: 15 August 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Rambouillet, France | 16 August 1943 - 16 August 1943 | Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43. Shot down by enemy aircraft after crew bailed, crashed near Ramboville, France. (6 x POW, 3 x EVD, 1 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 295. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 295 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database