44-6090
Delivered Tulsa 28/4/44; Kearney 4//5/44; Grenier 21//5/44; Assigned 365BS/305BG Chelveston 2/6/44; Missing in Action Karlsruhe 9/8/44 with Lucas Finney, Navigator: John Herd, Bombardier: Floyd McCurdy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gaines Baker, Radio Operator: Jim Richardson, Ball turret gunner: Edmund Broushear, Waist gunner: Nicolis Salvito,Tail gunner: Howard Bynum (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Norman Henderson (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bundenthal, SE of Pirmasens, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8072.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34708486
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 9 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8072 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database