42-29843
Delivered Denver 24/2/43; with Tom Jenkins force landed Gowen, Id 25/2/43; Pueblo 13/3/43; Kearney 2/4/43; Patterson 13/4/43; Presque Is 17/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 24/4/43; Missing in Action {8m} St Nazaire 28/6/43 with John Moss, Co-pilot: Leon Bigelow, Radio Operator: Burt Almy, Ball turret gunner: Emery Criswell (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Jack Mason, Bombardier: Aren Lazerson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Beal, Waist gunner: John Kennedy, Waist gunner: Theo Malish,Tail gunner: Lonnie Owens (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Bay of Biscay between islands of Houat ans Hoedic, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 15130.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
- Date: 11 June 1943
- Date: 29 May 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 28 June 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15130 / MACR 15511 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database