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Delivered Cheyenne 13/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-H] Polebrook 31/7/44; Missing in Action {10m} Brux 12/9/44 with Chas Schoenian, Co-pilot: Lovick Miller, Navigator: Bob Munn, Bombardier: John Watson{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Beavers (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jesse Austin, Ball turret gunner: Tony Cappdona, Waist gunner: Joe Lohneis,Tail gunner: Bill Anderson (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Proetzel, near Plauen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8895.

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Lovick C Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert D Munn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles A Schoenian

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John M Watson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 September 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8895 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database