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Delivered Denver 22/3/43; Cheyenne 31/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-F] Chelveston 18/5/43; Transferred to the 547th Bombardment squadron, squadron code SO-Q, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 19 September 1943. Missing in Action on a mission to Bremen, Germany on 26 November 1943 with Pilot-Leslie Otho Amundsen, Navigator-Frank Faragasso, Bombardier-Robert Vincent Coughlin, Radio Operator-Murray Max, Flexible Gunner-Howard, Frank Chairet , Co-pilot-William Theodore Marcollo, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Lawrence F. Lord, Ball Turret Gunner-James Michael Culloty, Waist Gunner Charles Emil Zesch and Tail Gunner-Cecil William Brown were all captured and became Prisoners of War (10 POW). Shot down by enemy aircraft and force landed near Donkerbroek, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #1662.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0–672341
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Missions
![An Illustration of the Wilhelmshaven raid, 3 November 1943. Image stamped on reverse: '10 Nov 1943.' [stamp], '292478.'[Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE BIGGEST EVER DAY RAID: By US Fortresses and Liberators on Wilhelmshaven- escorted all the way by fighters. Special Sphere drawings. THE SCENE OVER WILHELMSHAVEN JUST AS OUT BOMBERS WERE LEAVING THE TARGET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMVER 3RD. AFTER THE BIGGEST DAYLIGHT RAID EVER CARRIED OUT OVER GERMANY. IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND OF THIS DRAWING, LIGHTNING](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-418517.jpg.webp?itok=KjJP-yi2)
- Date: 3 November 1943
- Date: 20 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
Mediterranean Sea | 26 November 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1662 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database