42-30107 Black Magic
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Pendleton 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-D] Kimbolton 20/6/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is 25/6/43 with Weldon Homes, Co-pilot: Bill Griffith, Navigator: Leo Gladin, Bombardier: Bob Andrews, Radio Operator: Milton Bailey, Waist gunner: Marshall Sanford, Waist gunner: Verne Shovan,Tail gunner: Roy Dillbeck (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Winston Tinker, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur Koleon (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wieste, near Quakenbruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1366. BLACK MAGIC.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733254
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 June 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1366 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database