44-6129

media-41701.jpeg UPL 41701 Macr 8157 National Archives and Records Administration

Fold3, Missing Air Crew Report 8157

Object Number - UPL 41701 - Macr 8157

Delivered Tulsa 10/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-A] Deenethorpe 7/6/44.



Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Bill McKeon (evaded capture); Co-pilot: Bob Gray, Navigator: Werner Paul Zukunft, Bombardier: Fred Fletcher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Harman(wia), Radio Operator: Chas May, Ball turret gunner: Jack Sharp, Waist gunner: Harry Hallman,Tail gunner: Ed Hill (8 Prisoner of War).



Flak KO’d #2, with#3 and #4 damaged, crashed Guerandiers, E of Angers, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 8157.

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Units served with

People

Charlie E May

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34339888
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

William J McKeon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kenneth Robert Murgatroyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757248
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jerome Philip Robertson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33737795
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Donald Hoenig Schmidli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36808544
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa, Oklahoma 10 May 1944

Assigned

Deenethorpe Airfield, UK 7 June 1944 401 BG 613 BS

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Corne, France 19 July 1944

Revisions

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=6129

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?Serial=6129

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8157 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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