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Delivered Denver 17/1/44; 1SAG Langley 27/2/44; Grenier 1/4/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 4/44; transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Chelveston 16/5/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 18/6/44 with Col Ernest Lawson (C.O.), Co-pilot: Capt Homer Claymore, Navigator: Capt Gene Mack, ex/n-Capt Dave Dunagin, m/op-Lt Dick Bushnell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Glassman, Radio Operator: Littleton Taylor, Waist gunner: Bill Georske, Waist gunner: Roger Lord,Tail gunner: Lt Doug McLeod (10 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Steve Wurtz (Prisoner of War); direct flak hit knocked off tail, crashed Deutche Werft Factory, Norderel Strasse, Hamburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5939.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 18 June 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5939 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database