43-37875

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-K] Sudbury 30/6/44; `15m` Missing in Action Stuttgart 5/9/44 with Tom Crawford, Co-pilot: Norman Jones (2 evaded capture); Navigator: John Johnson, Bombardier: John Engelmeier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lyle Lundstrom, Radio Operator: Cecil Davis, Ball turret gunner: Henry Hewitt, Waist gunner: Bob Beisler, Tail gunner: Velton Robson (7 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-37949 (486BG), broke in three sections, crashed Coataudon, near Brest, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8459.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058805
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 750950
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17074633
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34885978
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nobody Getzit
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 5 September 1944

Revisions

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Added an association to the AF station “Sudbury” as listed in the A/C description.

 

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Added an association to the A/C #43-37949 listed in the A/C description section.

 

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Removed some punctuation in the "biography description" to aid clarity.

 

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8459 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database