42-97869 Hula Girl, Maid To Order

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; 88BG Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-H] Deenethorpe 8/6/44 MAID TO ORDER; 615BS [IY-A]; Missing in Action Munster 16/2/45 with Ernie Hansen, Joe Chuderewicz, Morton Greenberg, Jim Morrison, Ray Miller, Alonzo Karcher, Leroy McKnight (7 Prisoner of War); Joe Del Torto, Wade Brunson (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Hardenborg, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 12444. HULA GIRL.

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  • Date: 13 August 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. 

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'
  • Date: 6 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 5 August 1944
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.
  • Date: 4 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 3 August 1944

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 16 February 1945

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12444 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database