42-30646 Rebecca

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 28/7/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-O] Alconbury 2/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Carson Fleming, Co-pilot: Art LarsonWounded in Action, Navigator: Bob Purdon, Bombardier: Joe Suss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Spencer, Radio Operator: Ray McMann, Ball turret gunner: Florian Fenclau,Tail gunner: Joe Turon (8 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Alf Antonacci, Waist gunner: Tom Cleveland (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, and wing on fire, crashed Gerolstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 745. REBECCA.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12164391
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 October 1943

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 745 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database