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Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook Mar-42; transferred 327BS/92BG Bovingdon Aug-42; Attacked by Lt. Walter Meyer 7./JG26. Lost tail and three engines. Desintegrated over Lannay near the Belgian border. Monument near Mouchin on D955 direction Planard. MACR 15218. 6KIA 2POW 1EVD
P 1Lt Francis H. Chorak (KIA); CP 2Lt Joseph J. Fracchia (POW)
N 2Lt Grady W. Roper (EVD); B 2Lt Charles G. Kolodzinski (POW)
E/TTG SSgt Paul R. Gordon (KIA); RO SSgt John J. Dolan (KIA)
BTG MSgt James E. Lane (KIA); WG SSgt Donald E. Buckland (KIA)
TG SSgt Malcolm Culpepper (KIA)
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19053673
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-442749
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34241096
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31035541
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-789389
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1942
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 9 October 1942 |
Revisions
JG26 War Diary. Monument Coordinates : 50°30'52"N 3°18'13"E. 50.51436 3.30372. 50°30.862 N 3°18.223 E
Lee Cunningham 23-Oct-2014. Description edited from Missing Air Crew Report 15218
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15218 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database