42-31318
Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Walla Walla 6/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Milton Turner, Co-pilot: Major Don Dilger, Navigator: Francis Bauman, Bombardier: Gerald Hanus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cunningham, Radio Operator: Norman Parnell, Waist gunner: Chester Zinis, Waist gunner: Art Jones (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Adam Bomba{turret blown off and body found 17 miles NE of crash site},Tail gunner: Claude Westerfield (2 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-39961, crashed Wagenfelder Brickyard, on Barver road, 15 miles SE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2536. BELLE OF BROADWAY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37236548
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12186029
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800429
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35665519
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16168543
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2536 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database