42-97693

Delivered Denver 31/1/44; 1SAG Langley 18/2/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG Snetterton 22/4/44; Missing in Action Beauont Afd, Fr 11/6/44 with Harry Wilcox, Co-pilot: Don Smith, Navigator: Glenn Read, Bombardier: Bob Gershon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leland Glover, Radio Operator: Tom Smith, m/op-Lt Glen Fister, Waist gunner: Richmond Reed, obs-Chas Rogers, miss pilot-Capt Jim Stratton (11 Killed in Service);Tail gunner: Adonal Hudson (POW- picked up by German Navy); shot down by flak from Guernsey, crashed three miles off Langenberg, W of Channel Is. Missing Air Crew Report 5624.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Paul L Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Glenn Alvin Fister

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13022240 / 0-676209
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pathfinder Operator

Robert S Gershon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leland D Glover

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Adonal G Hudson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 11 June 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5624 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database