41-24619 S For Sugar
Roger Freeman Photo.
Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-S] Bangor 5-Oct-42; Molesworth 25-Oct-42; 52m Missing in Action Oschersleben 11-Jan- 44 with Tom Simmons, Co-pilot: Fred Reichel, Navigator: Bill Clyatt, Bombardier: Dick Vaughan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wallace Elliott, Radio Operator: Joe Bennett, Ball turret gunner: Dante Dipietra, Waist gunner: Bob Livingston - died Stalag 17B, Krems 27/3/44, Waist gunner: Bob Stewart, Tail gunner: Wesley Hasty (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft severely damaged ship, crew bailed, but it flew on and crashed in woods at Oberhaus, between Bad Lauterberg & Braunlage, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1923.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809479
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19012491
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32722145
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 425th Service Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-305930
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: XO
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33214356
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
- Date: 14 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
11 January 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Changed dates toUSAAF military-style signification.
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added nickname and coding per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Satn Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1923 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database