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Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 27/4/44; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-H] Molesworth 30/4/44; Missing in Action (15m) French A/fds 22/6/44 with Roger Erickson, Navigator: Larry Ross, ex/n-Emilio Sbrolla, Bombardier: Dick Merz, Waist gunner: Elwood Schoonmaker (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Capt Bob Lynch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Roszell, Radio Operator: Frank Schuler, Ball turret gunner: Joe Chudej,Tail gunner: Ken Krogh (5 Returned to Duty); flak KOd two engines, headed home, ditched Channel, five miles off Beachy Head, Sussex, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 7131. MARY CARY.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O687568
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 22 June 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database