42-29677 Battlin b

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Stephenville, Nfd, 12/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 20/4/43; Missing in Action Heligoland 15/5/43 with Alden MannWounded in Action, Co-pilot: Leo Kisamore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Myers, Radio Operator: Alf Schatz, Ball turret gunner: Woodrow Mosbarger, Waist gunner: Sherman Coleman, Tail gunner: John McElroy (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Larry Wolfe, Bombardier: Claude Toyek Wounded in Action, Waist gunner: Reg Harris (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 16059. BATTLIN' B.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37190937
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14056820
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32297081
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732686
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732797
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 15 May 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16059 / MACR 16060 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database