42-3508
Delivered Denver 13/7/43; Scott 15/8/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-P] Thorpe Abbotts 25/8/43; battle damaged Berlin 6/4/44 with Lt Ferbrache; Missing in Action Augsburg 18/3/44 with Bob Horn, Co-pilot: Bart Mahoney, Navigator: Bill Newell, Bombardier: Chas Conner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Shuback, Radio Operator: Ken Mueller, Ball turret gunner: Russ Priester, Waist gunner: Aubrey Slimm, Waist gunner: Vic Saabyo,Tail gunner: Bill Graser (10 Prisoner of War); flak damage and crash landed Dormstadt, six miles N of Ulm, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3232. JERSEY LILY aka BASTARD'S BUNGALOW II.
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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: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690773
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17156121
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 18 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3232 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database