42-38015
Delivered Cheyenne 14/11/43; Syracuse 9/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Snetterton 16/12/43; Missing in Action Evreux 6/1/44 with Jake Kurfzberg, Co-pilot: Bob Miner, Navigator: Bill Frank, Bombardier: Bill Weiner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Roever, Radio Operator: Bob Huhtala, Ball turret gunner: O.S. McIver, Waist gunner: Ed Majeska,Tail gunner: Walt Swietoniowski (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Jose Pino (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit gas tank in left wing which blew up, the collided with FW190 and crashed Pisseleux, a mile W of Villers-Cotterets, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2342.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 6 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database