42-30202

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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Harlan Charles Oakberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16074184
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Earl Eugene Pickard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-060263 (1942 enlistment) and 17009695 at re-enlistment in 1946
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Wallace Niel Soderberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-739004
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Walter Engelbert Togel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32495515
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Sam Houston Tucker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38134417
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Crashed

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

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https://388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=42-30202&dataTy…

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Corrected positions of two gunners and one typo in Bio

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MACR 3125

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