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Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 27/7/44; 850BS; on local flights 18/8/44 with Albert Davis, Co-pilot: Fred Ostler, Navigator: Jenner DeSantis, Bombardier: Rich Wessel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Godfrey, Radio Operator: Teofile Criyell, Ball turret gunner: Oscar Jenson, Waist gunner: Larry Rooney, Tail gunner: Bob Aley (9 Returned to Duty); left u/c collapsed on third landing; repaired.
Missing in Action Plauen 21-Mar-45 with John Schultz, Fred Black, Joe Farkas, Chas Lennon, Joe Ellis, Lloyd Kennedy, Carl Sten, Jim Butterfield (8 Killed in Action); Craig Bennett (Prisoner of War); Me262 collided with A/C, causing explosion which sheared off the tail, crashed Plauen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 13556.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757610
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12204481 / O-723312
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11029943
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32268132 / O-1320027
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19170608
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner, Top Turret Gunner
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Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 22 June 1944 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 22-Jun-44. |
Assigned |
Eye, UK | 27 July 1944 | Assigned 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Eye, UK | 18 August 1944 | Local flights 18-Aug-44 with Albert Davis crew; port U/C collapsed on third landing, 9 x RTD |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Plauen, Germany | 21 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Plauen 21-Mar-45 with Schultz crew; Me262 collided with A/C, crashed Plauen, Germany. 1 x POW, 8 x KIA MACR 13556 |
Assigned |
Cheddington, UK | Attached 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13556 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database