42-31346 Shack Rabbit
Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Grand Island 31/10/43; Wilmington 27/11/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-Q] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Walter L. Harvey, Navigator: Johnson W. Rule, Bombardier: Richard E. Rader, Waist gunner: Cornelius P. McManus, (4 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Robert Harold Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewey Smith, Radio Operator: Stanley J. Sturak, Waist gunner: James Asa Atkins, Tail gunner: George Daniel Vann, Ball turret gunner: Charles Roberson, (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ferme de la Plancy l’Abbarye, a mile South of Champfleury Airfield, France; Missing Air Crew Report 4355. SHACK RABBIT.
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- Date: 22 February 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress on the 4 February 1944. Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '4-2-44.' Printed caption removed from reverse. Censor no: 304545. On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413520.jpg.webp?itok=8ZB41rSN)
- Date: 11 February 1944
- Date: 8 February 1944
- Date: 6 February 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 24 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4355 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database