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Delivered Long Beach 28/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF–F] Kimbolton 21/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Eldon Planalp, Co-pilot: Jim Lincoln, Bombardier: Don Roesch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Budzius, Radio Operator: Don Waldram, Ball turret gunner: Ed LeBlanc, Waist gunner: Tony Kolich,Tail gunner: Doug Johnson (8 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Ben Nordeen, Waist gunner: Ken Smith (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Grossenging, near Lindern nine miles W of Cloppenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1331.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 November 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1331 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database