42-31217

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Harry Paris, Co-pilot: Bob Allen, Navigator: Mike Gannon, Bombardier: Ed Jekel{wia, broke left knee} Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Clarke, Radio Operator: Lew Pohill, Ball turret gunner: Harry Woodman, Waist gunner: Oscar Siegel, Waist gunner: Fred Kirnan,Tail gunner: Jim Hanley{wia, bullet wounds} (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Eggenstedt, 16 miles W of Magdeberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4249.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: A-17071766; O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 April 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4249 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database