43-37510
Object Number - UPL 55408 - B-17 43-37510. 401st Bomb Group, 612th Bomb Squadron.
Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-T] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; Missing in Action Cauvincourt 8/8/44 with Capt Frank Ball, Co-pilot: Lt Col Jere Maupin, Navigator: R.W. Marshall, Bombardier: W.T. Kemp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: G.H. Cooper, obs-Lt W. Anderson (6 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: E.D. Scott, Ball turret gunner: E.T. Kreisel, Waist gunner: John Burgard, Tail gunner: Irving Stewart (4 Killed in Action); flak hit started fire, crashed Culey-le-Patry NE of Vire, Fr; Salvaged.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32752276
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-24750
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Former 612th Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38077008
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14138611
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1944
- Date: 25 July 1944
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 7 July 1944
- Date: 6 July 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
14190 Cauvicourt, France | 8 August 1944 | |
|
Crashed |
14220 Culey-le-Patry, France | 8 August 1944 |