42-3034
Delivered Denver 26/1/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Homestead 5/3/43; Thurleigh 12/3/43; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Capt Bill Smiley, Co-pilot: Avey Ewan, Navigator: Wilbur Breuing, Bombardier: Martin Strauss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Hepler, Radio Operator: Ray Clifton, Ball turret gunner: Roderick Clark, Waist gunner: Larry Sliff, Waist gunner: Bill Payne,Tail gunner: Roy Staiff (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 15518. (?15456?)
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35258585
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6555974
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437907
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727056
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 17 April 1943 | |
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 17 April 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15456 / MACR 15518 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database