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Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Isle 15/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 26/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with George Ford, Bombardier: Art Bodel, Waist gunner: Carl Glasmeier{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Leo Bianchi,Tail gunner: Denton King (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Max Newman, Ball turret gunner: George Jones (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jean Pitner, Navigator: Arno Plischke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Hathaway (3 evaded capture); hit by FW 190 KO’d #2, setting fire to wing, crashed Laneuville, NW of Paris, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1394.
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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: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31213084
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679185, 12093196 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 26 November 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1394 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database