42-97977 Rose-Etta
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Dallas 21/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 10/6/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 11/6/44; on mission to Weisbaden 10/11/44 with Vic Mack, Co-pilot: Jack Farmham, Navigator: Joe Tirman, Bombardier: John Schultz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darrel James, Radio Operator: Edwin Prem, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Pilgrim, Waist gunner: Clyde Page,Tail gunner: Billy Mitchell (9 Returned to Duty); mechnical fault force landed in France, crew back to base in three days and were soon back on operations; Missing in Action Hardorf, Ger 21/3/45 with Norman Rosholt, Navigator: Jerome Fuhr, Bombardier: Ellsworth Hoffman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Hare, Radio Operator: John Syvertsen,Tail gunner: Jim Collins (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Frank Enroughty (evaded capture); Ball turret gunner: Tony D’Amore, Waist gunner: Alvin Galusha (2 Killed in Action); flak KOd two engines, crashed Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13533. ROSE-ETTA.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19189833
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1303695
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 21 March 1945 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13533 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database