42-31054 Irish Luck
Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Q] Horham 7/10/43; 19m Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Clark Huddleston, Co-pilot: Jim Gholson, Navigator: Henry Levine, Bombardier: Earl McKenna, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Wilsey, Radio Operator: Wilbur Bronson, Ball turret gunner: Brandon Weaver, Waist gunner: Jackson Bryant, Tail gunner: Silas Richardson (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Murray Podolsky (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wohlstreck, NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2545. IRISH LUCK.
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- Date: 13 December 1943
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- Date: 30 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Wohlstreck, 49406 Eydelstedt, Germany | 10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44. Enemy aircraft, crashed Wohlstreck, NE of Diepholz, Germany. (9 x POW, 1 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2545. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database