43-37888
Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 1/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Hyrum Keeler, Edgar Denton, Art Alexander, Glen Kraft, John Ray, Billy Walker, Bob Read, Harry Goetsch (8 Prisoner of War); Harry Weissman (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10155. This plane didn't crash Detmold. It crashed "Bahnhof Sutthausen", Railway Station Sutthausen, which then in 1944 belonged to the village of Holzhausen. Sutthausen today is a southern part of the town of Osnabrück.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 2 November 1944 |
Revisions
Eyewitness account: family member:
plane flew right over garden and house of the family; very low almost touching the evergreens;
National Archives College Park US
KU 3261
Identifier 147904781
Eyewitness account, my Grandfather.
Plane flew right over garden and house of the family, very low, almost touching the evergreens.
National Archive Washington KU 3261.
Crashsite; Bahnhof Holzhausen, southern part of Osnabrück,
Steve can be provided with my e/m.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10155 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database