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media-57733.jpeg UPL 57733

91BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 57733

Delivered Long Beach 27/3/43; Nashville 8/4/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshaven 21/5/43 with Pilot John Miller, Co-pilot Roscoe Black, Navigator John Ragsdale, Radio Operator Oscar Stuart, Waist gunner Curtiss Pope, Waist gunner Ron Taylor (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier Dave Snow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner Bill Spofford, Ball turret gunner Francis Trahan, Tail gunner Newell Lane (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Schortens, seven miles W of Wilhelmshaven, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16136.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-733593
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19122414
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37451450
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16035360 / O-661957
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06972086
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 21 May 1943 - 21 May 1943 EA frontal attack, disabled, left engines on fire, went into spin ~15,000, exploded. 4 crew escaped and POW, 6 KIA. Crashed near Jevers, Germany

Revisions

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Entries brought into conformance.

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ContributorMike McClanahan
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Punctuation corrected for clarity by Mike McClanahan, nephew of Roscoe V. Black, Jr. Ref MACR 16136

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ContributorMike McClanahan
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91 BG, local news accounts, Black family records

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ContributorMike McClanahan
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91 BG, USAAF records

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ContributorMike McClanahan
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91 BG , Black family records

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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