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Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dyersburg 27/6/43; Smoky Hill 28/6/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 2/8/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 6/9/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 7/1/44 with Neil Lathrop, Tail gunner: Alf Wendt (2 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Jesse Crookshanks, Navigator: Gordon Prout, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Adams, Radio Operator: Joe Geiger, Waist gunner: George Ayer, Waist gunner: Otto Dambach (6 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Chas Roberts, Ball turret gunner: Elmer LeJuene (2 KIA - went down with ship); flak, crashed near Estree Blanche, 15 miles N of St Pol, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1963.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38192286
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15334566
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808793
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12203831
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13154135
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 7 January 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1963 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database