42-107077 Shoo Shoo Baby

Delivered Denver 14/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 7/4/44; Missing in Action 32m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Richard Chapman, Navigator: Lewis Page, tog-Ken Graham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Russell, Radio Operator: Albert Binsfield (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Arther, Ball turret gunner: Jim Laverty, Waist gunner: Harry Hoff, Tail gunner: Oscar Kemp (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ober-Gunzberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7556. SHOO SHOO BABY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-819468
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

19 July 1944 Shot down near Obergünzburg, Germany

Revisions

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Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

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Contributorabinsfield
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MACR #:7556

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Contributorabinsfield
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Informed by Father

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Contributorabinsfield
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MACR #: 7556

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Contributorabinsfield
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MACR #: 7556

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7556 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database