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Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall. Missing in Action Kassel 3 July 1943. Pilot : Earl E. Pickard, Navigator Robert J. Hoke, Bombardier Wallace N. Soderberg, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Orville W. Lewis, Radio Operator Walter E. Togel, Ball Turret Gunner Sam H. Tucker Jr, Left Waist Gunner Ralph T. May, Right Waist Gunner Harlan C. Oakberg, Tail Gunner Donald M. Boyd (9 Prisoners of War); Co-Pilot Billy J. Hooker (evaded capture). Hit by Flak, then shot down by Hans Walter Sunder of 8/JG26. Crashed near Berlaar, SE of Lier, Antwerp Province, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report-MACR 3125.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12168148
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673572
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-325
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38188080
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34312218
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

30 July 1943 near Berlaar, SE of Lier, Antwerp Province, Belgium

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Corrected positions of two gunners and one typo in Bio

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3125

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3125 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database