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Delivered Denver 5/3/44; Hunter 5/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 12/5/44 with Capt Harry Van Every, Co-pilot: Oran Richardson, Navigator: Leon Jankes, Bombardier: Nick Scholtz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Rakiewicz, Radio Operator: Ralph Hough, Ball turret gunner: Chas Eyer, Waist gunner: Bill Finch, Waist gunner: Chas Hathaway,Tail gunner: Bob Jackson (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #4, then wing set on fire, crashed Stockheim, near Frieberg, 20 miles E of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4770.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles Milton Eyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13080118
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William L Finch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Charles R Hathaway

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Ralph E Hough

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert Luther Jackson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18117656
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 May 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4770 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database