43-39108

Delivered Lincoln 6/12/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 19/12/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 3/3/45 with Harvey Webb, Harry King, Jerold Wood, Joe Rosen (4 Returned to Duty); Bramlett O’Steen, Wallace Cameron, Charles Clare, Ivan Dodd, Claude Green (5 Prisoner of War) enemy aircraft, crashed Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12888.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Formal Colorized portrait of airman in uniform
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13143572
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38147834
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13158754
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39340559
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 3 March 1945

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a unit connection to the 8th AF per MACR 12888.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12888 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database