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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Boeing Aircraft - 30 January 1944
Cheyenne - 5 February 1944
Grand Island - 16 February 1944
Presque Isle - 11 March 1944
Assigned 729BS/452BG, RAF Deopham Green 1 April 1944
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11 combat missions
Missing in Action Merseburg 12/5/44 with Otis Stogsdill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Dean (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Daniels, Navigator: Bill O’Brien, Bombardier: Lou Gricco, Radio Operator: Earl Weber, Ball turret gunner: Bob Williams, Waist gunner: Mike Walsh, Waist gunner: Frank Andrews,Tail gunner: Jim Redmond (8 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft plus damage by explosion of another B-17, crashed Wicher, six miles E of Mainz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4776.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32552582
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753984
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-692332
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Presque Isle Army Airfield : Presque Isle Air Force Base : Presque Isle International Airport : PIAAF
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4776 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database