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Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 1/7/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Snetterton 12/7/43; EXCALIBER Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Gene Wilcox, Co-pilot: Jim Stratton, Navigator: Alvin Jorgenson, Bombardier: Ed Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Mercer (5 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Dan O’Neill, Ball turret gunner: Jack Lewis (2 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Tom Holton, Waist gunner: Horace Holcombe,Tail gunner: Ross Calvert (3POW- picked up by Germans 3/8/43); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 142. ALCHOLHOL ANNIE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ross Calvert

Ross Alderson Calvert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39178606
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Horace Newton Holcombe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Thomas J Holton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Edward G Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Alvin G Jorgenson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 28 July 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 142 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database