42-29970
Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; Scotts Bluff 28/3/43; Smoky Hill 16/4/43; 595BS/396BG Moses Lake, taxi accident with Bill Roberts 4/5/43; Dow Fd 6/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG Bassingbourn 9/5/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF--] Chelveston 14/7/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with George Dragosavac, Co-pilot: Dave Cox, Navigator: Herry O’Dell, Bombardier: Lou Ruffolo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Fugok, Radio Operator: Alex Haddon, Ball turret gunner: Theo Ceskowske, Waist gunner: Gilbert Rule, Waist gunner: Sylvan Von Rohr,Tail gunner: Chris Wesche (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed NE of Seigen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 192.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32452502
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- 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 192 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database