44-6129
Fold3, Missing Air Crew Report 8157
Delivered Tulsa 10/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-A] Deenethorpe 7/6/44.
Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Bill McKeon (evaded capture); Co-pilot: Bob Gray, Navigator: Werner Paul Zukunft, Bombardier: Fred Fletcher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Harman(wia), Radio Operator: Chas May, Ball turret gunner: Jack Sharp, Waist gunner: Harry Hallman,Tail gunner: Ed Hill (8 Prisoner of War).
Flak KO’d #2, with#3 and #4 damaged, crashed Guerandiers, E of Angers, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 8157.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36598436
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-820167
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33186430
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17086300
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Missions
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 14 June 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 10 May 1944 | |
Assigned |
Deenethorpe Airfield, UK | 7 June 1944 | 401 BG 613 BS |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Corne, France | 19 July 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8157 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database