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From my family records (Grandmother). Happy to provide full set of photos and documents 1-678-906-6166 John Clarke
Delivered Cheyenne 22 March 1944; Kearney 14 April 1944; Grenier 29 April 1944; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 14 May 1944. Missing in Action Karlsruhe 9 August 1944. Pilot: Clayton E. Child; Co-pilot: Kenneth V. French; Navigator: Henry F. Colt Jr; Bombardier: Harold F. Kilmer; Flight engineer/Top Turret gunner: Andrew E. Kuhn; Radio Operator: John B. Dubinskas; Ball Turret gunner: John R. Waldren; Right Waist gunner: Grady Lucas Jr; Tail gunner: Jerry R. McEldowney. Enemy aircraft, crash-landed near Zegelsem, SE of Oudenaarde, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 8067. John Dubinskas and John Waldren were killed in the plane. Pilot Clayton Child was captured and survived the war. Jerry McEldowney and Grady Lucas were also made prisoner but they died in captivity, most probably during a forced march in the winter of 1945. Four men managed to evade capture : Henry Colt, Harold Kilmer, Andrew Kuhn and Kenneth French. For details about the evasion of Kuhn, Colt and Kilmer, see their pages in the "Fiches" section at website www.evasioncomete.be
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11068627 and T-061894
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Zegelsem, Belgium
Missions
- Date: 9 August 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Zegelsem, Brakel, Belgium | 9 August 1944 | Hit by enemy fighter, force-landed by Pilot Clayton Child |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8067 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database