42-39908
Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 30/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Fred Fulton, Co-pilot: Bill Snyder, Navigator: Chas Pomponio, tog-T/Sgt Tom Vogel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Davis, Radio Operator: Jim Shahan, Ball turret gunner: Willis Alexander, Waist gunner: Clarry Fahnert (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Vance Travelstead (evaded capture);Tail gunner: Larry Oliver (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Schijndel, four miles NE of Boxtel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 3321.
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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: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 23 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3321 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database