42-30351
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13064963
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35375229
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 28 July 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 142 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database