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Delivered Cheyenne 27/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Phil Beall, Navigator: George Finfinger, Bombardier: Gene Rasmussen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Guenther, Waist gunner: Harry Marok (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Ralph Lindeman, Radio Operator: John Zebuski, Ball turret gunner: Harry Sarajian, Waist gunner: Edmund Walasinski, Tail gunner: Edwin Mulhall (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Zornbrink swamps, Barver, near Wagenfeld, 10 miles E of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2535.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-358247
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802736
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32477893
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751163
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15374669
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 February 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2535 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database