42-5997 Heaven Can Wait

Delivered Long Beach 16/6/43; Smoky Hill 12/7/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-F] Thorpe Abbotts 17/7/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Francis Smith, Co-pilot: Jim Law (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Saul Hershkowitz, Bombardier: Clyde Manion, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Amery, Radio Operator: John Swenson, Ball turret gunner: Alvin LittleWounded in Action, Waist gunner: John Runcel, Waist gunner: Conrad Stumpfig,Tail gunner: Bill Wertz (8 evaded capture); enemy aircraft set fire to cockpit, crashed Les Rosiers, two miles SE of Monthois, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 2019. HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

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John W Runcel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Francis P Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Conrad P Stumpfig

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John L Swenson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

William Wertz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 30 December 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2019 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database