B-17 Flying Fortress
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.
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Had mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 #4337875
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Mid air collision and crashed near Brest on 9/5/44 in B-17 #4337875
POW
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 486th Bomb Group
Had mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 #43-37875, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) had mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 #4337875
Military | Ball Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Had mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 #4337875
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Had mid air colllision and crashed near Brest in B-17 #4337875
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Evaded (EVD) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest on 9/5/44 in B-17 #4337875
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Had mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 #43-37875.
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 #4337875
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 5 September 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2022 19:13:42 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
| Sources | ||
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8459 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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