42-5820 Mystic

Delivered Long Beach 27/2/43; Denver 4/3/43; Smoky Hill 7/4/43; Pueblo 21/4/43; Presque 26/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 8/6/43; 526BS [LF-C];



Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Kurt Freund, Co-pilot: Dale Emens, Navigator: Don Macrae, Bombardier: Glenn Bozarth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Ragland, Waist gunner: Dan Angarano, Waist gunner: Allen Jamison (7 Prisoner of War);



Radio Operator: Francis Schaedler, Ball turret gunner: Cyrus Wallace, Tail gunner: Charles Roberts (3 Killed in Action);



Enemy aircraft set #1 engine on fire, then another to flak, crashed Ahrweiler, near Oberbruch, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2340 & 1359.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Daniel J Angarano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32404571
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Constant John Anszperger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12076091 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Glen H Bozarth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-731450
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Alexander R Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Dale T Emens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742986 and 39169463 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Ahrweiler, Germany 12 August 1943

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 August 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorcody1947
Changes
Sources

The Aircraft was mentioned in a Bombardier's note- Lt Glen H. Bozarth POW

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1359 / MACR 1362 / MACR 2340 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database