42-39836

Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Scott 26/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 2/11/43; transferred 332BS/91BG [LG-M] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Chas Early, Navigator: Roscoe Albright, Bombardier: Wilf Bouchard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl McVey, Radio Operator: Paul Baker, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bumb, Waist gunner: Tabor West,Tail gunner: Bob Holton (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Bill Ponder, Waist gunner: Marvin Britt (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Oberelvenich – Zulpich, 20 miles SW of Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1320.

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Robert E Bumb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles L Early

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert R Holton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Carl H McVey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Billy G Ponder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 1 December 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1320 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database