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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-386909
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703295
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33452904
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-684190
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-704085
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 27 September 1944 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a spaces in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9367 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database