42-97382

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Gr Island 26/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-K] Snetterton 17/4/44; Missing in Action: Zwickan 12/5/44 with Arthur Hon, Co-pilot: Paul Rowles, Navigator: Glen Bremer, Bombardier: Tom Keane, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Haney, Ball turret gunner: Ed Lafrath,Tail gunner: Ray Weber (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Dave Long, Waist gunner: Helmuth Sickerott, Waist gunner: Floyd Tams (3 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with 42-102452, crashed Bad Camberg, 10 miles SE of Limburg an der Lahn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4852.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757766
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35277674
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751738
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756990
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 May 1944

Revisions

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Sources

From original American as well as Luftwaffe records.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4859 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database