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Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 11/8/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-Y] Snetterton 11/9/43; Missing in Action Munich 18/3/44 with Bob Muirhead, Co-pilot: Bob Besse, Navigator: Len Hoenferle, Bombardier: Frank Spencer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McMillan, Ball turret gunner: Bob Blackburn, Waist gunner: Edgar Weislogel (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jerry Peck, Waist gunner: Bob Seal,Tail gunner: Bob Haase (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, two engines out, then ship snapped in half over Black Forest, crashed Ditteshausen, near Freiburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4322.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert W Besse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693602
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert B Blackburn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12084275
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert Z Haase

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15334099
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Leonard P Hoefferle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-061261
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John I McMillan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18131802
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 18 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3422 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database