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Delivered Denver 12/2/44; 1SAG Langley 12/3/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 18/6/44; transferred 600BS/398BG [N8-Q] Nuthampstead 29/6/44; 602BS [K8-Q]; (16m) Missing in Action [PFF] Misburg 26/11/44 with Capt Gene Douglas, Co-pilot: Chas Zimmer, Capt Harry Nelson [ex nav], Navigator: Randolph Anderson, Bombardier: Norman Kottke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Opher Rumney, Radio Operator: Jim Strafford, lwg-Jim Williams, rad nav-Lt Aaron Kuptsow {rwg},Tail gunner: Reen Stout (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Oberschoenhagen, near Detmold; Missing Air Crew Report 11146 (?11144).
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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: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703920
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11111836
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17051129 / O-762637
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 November 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database