42-31723 Sparky
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-R] Thorpe Abbotts 15/2/44; on Augsburg mission 16/3/44 Radio Operator: Sherwyn Meyers (KIA-pilot was Clem Cowan); Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Jackson Phelps, Co-pilot: Alan Rogers, Navigator: Paul Durborow, Bombardier: Lyle Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Martin, Radio Operator: Ken Goldfarb, Ball turret gunner: Albt Wiggs, Waist gunner: Marshall Duplantis (8 Killed in Action); Tail gunner: Don Beasley (Prisoner of War); hit by flak, lagged behind and shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Bad Kosen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7810. SPARKY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- 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: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
29 July 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7810 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database