42-31409 Liberty run
Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/1/44; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Chas Barnes, Co-pilot: Frank Hopko, Navigator: Rowland Gaunt, Bombardier: John Maguire, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delbert Mann, Radio Operator: J.F. Albright, Ball turret gunner: Bill Baynes, Waist gunner: Peter Sfikas, Waist gunner: Bob Earp,Tail gunner: George Walker (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, close to Danish coast; Missing Air Crew Report 2648.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 22 February 1944 - 22 February 1944 | Crash landed in North Sea. Search by German personnel for survivors proved negative. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2648 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database