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Delivered Dallas 23/6/44; Langley 26/7/44; Dow Fd 13/8/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 15/8/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [HR-V] Gt Ashfield 19/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Capt Jack Batty, Capt Edwin Herron, Mike Galicia, Lou DiNicola, Lt Bill Daniels mickey op, Ellwood Maxam, Lt Edgar Griffith tg, (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Senke, Ger; 7KIA 3POW; Missing Air Crew Report 9516.

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Edgar E Griffith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Edwin R Herron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Joseph L Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ellwood C Maxam

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert M McGhee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749915
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, D R Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 October 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9516 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database