Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ- ] Rattlesden 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Edgar Farrell, Co-pilot: John Benedict, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Peters, Radio Operator: Norman Bussel, Waist gunner: Merle Rumbaugh, Waist gunner: Wade Fulton (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Sherwood Landis, Bombardier: Wynne Longeteig, Ball turret gunner: Joe Guida, Tail gunner: Vasilios Mpouries (4 Killed in Action); flak hits followed by enemy aircraft, crashed Eickendorf, 15 miles SW of Gardelegen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4255.
Service
Units
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Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces...
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People
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
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Military | Flight Officer | Navigator | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Places
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Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force in 1942, Rattlesden had three concrete runways, 50 hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. Intended to be a twin-engine B-26 bomber base, it was originally a satellite for nearby Rougham, and first occupied from...
Events
Event |
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany |
29 April 1944 |