42-31436

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 1/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Henry L. Hammond; Co-pilot: Robert C. Brown; Navigator: Frederick P. Huebner; Bombardier: Lee McDonald; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis J. Koren; Radio Operator: John A. McMellon; Ball turret gunner: Noel F. Lamarche; Waist gunner: Matthew S. Kwasny;Tail gunner: Thurlow C. Schulz (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Franklyn A. Maxey (Killed in Action); mid-air collision with 42-31151 (96BG/337BS); crashed Montherme, 12 miles N of Charleville-Mezieres, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2378.

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Noel Ferdinand LaMarche

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31145281
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Franklyn Albert Maxey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13118906
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Lee McDonald

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19059209 and O-738995
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Alton McMellon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38173302
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Thurlow Carl Schulz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36322582
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Monthermé, France 29 January 1944 Mid-air collision with 42-31151. Crashed near Monthermé, France.

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Corrected names of some crew members that were wrongly spelled.
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 2378
Research on biographies of crew

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2378 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database