42-40008 Bar Fly
Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 8/1/44; 1+m Missing in Action Frankfurt 24/3/44 with Tom Thompson, Co-pilot: George Bowen, Navigator: Walt Brozoska, Bombardier: Ed Neville, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Requette, Radio Operator: Libor Holub, Ball turret gunner: Paul Hickey, Waist gunner: Hubert Bollinger, Waist gunner: Clyde Draa (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Rivaldo Cavalieri (Prisoner of War) ; mid-air collision with 42-31490 (381BG), crashed Neustadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3539. BAR FLY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11100826
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803309
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3539 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database