42-3029 Wallaroo
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Tulsa 13/1/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [VK-N] Homestead 5/3/43; Molesworth 9/4/43 (35missions). Missing in Action 14 January 1944 with Pilot Captain Merle R. Hungerford Jr, Co-pilot: Karl B. Arundale, Navigator: Joe B. Vogel, Bombardier: James F. Barlow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Charles C. Finch, Radio Operator/Gunner: Richard A. Davis Jr, Ball turret gunner: Robert L. Clink, Waist gunner: Angelo P. Petix, Waist gunner: James T. Elovich, Tail gunner: Joseph F. Fertitta, Photographer Arthur C. Nilson Jr (11 Prisoners of War). Flak, crashed near the forest of Crécy-en-Ponthieu, 25km NW of Le Meillard, 18km NE of Abbeville, France. Missing Air Crew Report 1965. WALLAROO.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7071292
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31192480
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18190215
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34393652
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18014955 at enlistment, then O-421102
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
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Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
14 January 1944 | Shot down by Flak - Crashed near the forest of Crécy-en-Ponthieu, 25km NW of Le Meillard, Somme Department, France |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1965 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1965 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database