43-38145

Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 17/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-N] Sudbury 18/7/44; {4m} Missing in Action Hamburg 4/8/44 with Leland Harper, Co-pilot: Harry Scully (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Hugh White, Bombardier: Constantine Kontos, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Sherrick, Radio Operator: Ralph Fleck, Ball turret gunner: Stan Calhoun, Waist gunner: John Warner, Tail gunner: Jerome Argenti (7 Killed in Action); mid air coll, with 43-37909 crashed Quelkhorn, E of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7713.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 August 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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dded an association to A/C #43-37909 per the info in the A/C description section.

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to “Sudbury” the home base of the 486th BG.

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

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7713 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database