42-39804
Delivered Long Beach 4/9/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 9/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Phil Evans, Co-pilot: Lew Heatley, Bombardier: Edwin Stuart, Radio Operator: Bill McAllister, Ball turret gunner: Carl Falba, Waist gunner: Clyne Stewart, Waist gunner: John McAleenan (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Devine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sorney Jacobson,Tail gunner: Bill McDermott (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Krimpenfort,four miles S of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2346. BAD PENNY.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Lowell Sun Newspaper, Lowell, Massachusetts - March27, 1944
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800857
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 10 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database