42-107072
Delivered Tulsa 12/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; Grenier 4/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Capt Ken Johnson, Co-pilot: Bill Phelps, Navigator: Harman Chapman, Bombardier: Bob Bloom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Brown, Radio Operator: Hamlin Cathey, Ball turret gunner: Frank Tracy, Waist gunner: John Gagliardi, Waist gunner: Tom Kissler,Tail gunner: Leon Addis (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #2, crashed Lutzellinden, four miles SW of Geissen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4774.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19000259
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4774 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database