44-8531 Miassis dragon
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Object Number - UPL 31760
Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Palm Springs 12/10/44; Dow Fd 22/10/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 26/10/44; Missing in Action Parchim 7/4/45 with Bill Gill, Co-pilot: Bill Barbeau, Navigator: Bill Lazzari, Bombardier: Sgt Hubert Smart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Mock, Radio Operator: Jim Perlonge, Ball turret gunner: Leon Verrilli, Waist gunner: Darwin Kusian (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Bill Costley (KIA- chute caught on tailwheel); enemy aircraft KOd #2 setting wing on fire, crashed Wandesbeck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13893. MIASSIS DRAGON (One of two aircraft with this name in the 452nd BG, see 43-37802).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 7 April 1945 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13893 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database