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Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 24/3/44; Missing in Action {20m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Edgar Sengstock, Navigator: Bob Fitzpatrick, Bombardier: Wilf Kirby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sahulcik, Radio Operator: Ralph Green, Ball turret gunner: John Kilby,Tail gunner: Oliver Weatherholt (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Emerson[actually drowned in River Rhine], Waist gunner: Bob Wenzloff (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crashed Windschlag, three miles NE of Offenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5330. MR MALFUNCTION.
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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: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16168751
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 27 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5330 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database