44-8185 Mean Kid

Delivered Dallas 5/7/44; Langley 31/7/44; Dow Fd 21/8/44; Assigned PFF 4BS/34BG [Q6-P] Mendlesham 30/8/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/9/44 with Capt Jim Blackburn, Co-pilot: Elmer Lian, ng-Sgt John Denter, Bombardier: Bob Pearce, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Huebler, Radio Operator: John Oyster, m/op-Lt Walt Davis `Wounded in Action`, Waist gunner: John Wolf, radn-Lt Bob Stellmach `391BS`, mission pilot-Maj Howard Burton (10 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Curtis Orr (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak hit KO’d #2, , crashed Stromberg, N of Bad Kreuznach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9367. MEAN KID.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-433454
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-364882
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Mission Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677189
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Mickey Operator / Pathfinder Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32856371
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32720094
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 27 September 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a spaces in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9367 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database