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Delivered Cheyenne 22/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-X] Polebrook 27/12/43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Ray Neuberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Sharp, Radio Operator: Ira Houk, Ball turret gunner: Bob Workman,Tail gunner: Neal Quigley (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob Swenson, Navigator: Chas Finklestein, Bombardier: Bill Manley, Waist gunner: David Eckes, Waist gunner: Lewis Lowans (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, crashed Heiligkrueztal, 12 miles NE of Singmaringen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3239. MY GAL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

David W Eckes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Charles L Finkelstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ira Houk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Lewis A Lowans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William A Manley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 18 March 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3239 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database