42-39890 Return Ticket

Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 22/12/43; 17m Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Carl Dasso, Co-pilot: Bill Watson, Bombardier: Norman Isom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Wright, Radio Operator: Anthony Madero (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Phil Barkett, Ball turret gunner: Paul Williams, Waist gunner: Marshall Rose, Tail gunner: Chester Herron (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft shot off left wing and #1, crashed Wilhelmshof Estate, near Gratze, 19 miles NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5179. RETURN TICKET.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33737185
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-761521
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19165240
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31312052
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 May 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5179 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database