42-29798
Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-L] Alconbury 25/4/43; then 325BS; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Ben Smotherman, Co-pilot: Dave Pollack, Navigator: Sid Leigh, Bombardier: Wray McKenzie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Atlee Pearson, Radio Operator: John Fogarty, Ball turret gunner: V.M. Chandler, Waist gunner: Curtis Moore, Waist gunner: Jim O’Connell,Tail gunner: Fred Rentz (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, force landed Veenendaal, near Wageningen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 657.
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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: 6397902
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 28 July 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 657 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database