42-31403

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Nashville 27/11/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-Y] Snetterton 23/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/43 with Clark Ross, Co-pilot: Tom Zimmerman, Navigator: Harry Whitenight, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rueben Barth, Radio Operator: Henry Flowers, Waist gunner: Tom Abrahamson,Tail gunner: Ralph Curren (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Pat Flaherty, Ball turret gunner: Bill Ewart{body not found until 21/3/44}, Waist gunner: Frank Ford (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hohlbeck, near Loburg, W of Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3424.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 8 March 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3424 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database