42-31820
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 29/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Presque Is 24/1/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 15/2/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Foster Perry, Co-pilot: Bob Brundage, Navigator: Rich Plothow, Bombardier: Dudley Winkler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jesse Vowell (5 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Zeb Kisner, Waist gunner: Donato Turchiano, Waist gunner: Odie Gilvin,Tail gunner: Gerhardt Hildebrandt (4 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Jerome Bajenski (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Ferme de Mont Garni, near Raucourt, six miles S of Sedan, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2541.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 25 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2541 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database