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Delivered Tulsa 17/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; Grenier 6/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 13/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Boris Slanin, Waist gunner: Clarry Palmeter,Tail gunner: Fred Myron (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Lt Col Bob Tuttle, Navigator: Irving Mortin, Bombardier: Chas Prigmore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Goodwin{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Bob Griffin{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Gene McRay, Waist gunner: Rinaldo Giombetti{Wounded in Action} (7 Prisoner of War); shot down by FW 190 which KOd #3 and cockpit, crashed Budesheim, six miles NW of Hanau, near Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4780.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- 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 4780 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database