42-97142 Thor, God of Thunder

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/44; Kearney 18/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-N] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Ernest Hanlon, Co-pilot: Harry Vallere, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willis Blasingame, Ball turret gunner: Jacques Titelle, Waist gunner: Dick Wiethorp,Tail gunner: Jim Brennan (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Art Segars, Bombardier: Steve Corcoran, Radio Operator: Gene McCarthy (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Grunfelde, S of Wittstock, NW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8901. DANIEL WEBSTER.

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Date: 3 August 1944
  • Date: 1 August 1944

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 September 1944

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ContributorDylanHearn
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384thBombGroup.com

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8901 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database