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Delivered Long Beach 2/11/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 6/1/44; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/3/44 with Walt Lansford, Co-pilot: Bob McMurry, Navigator: Bob Nugent, Bombardier: Frank Pearson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Lindauer, Radio Operator: George Tungkvist{body washed up Busum, Ger. 21/5/44}, Ball turret gunner: Wayne Beck, Waist gunner: Wendell Phillips, Waist gunner: Ken Bush,Tail gunner: John Goshy (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 2857.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 3 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2857 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database