42-31555
Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Oklahoma City 24/12/43; Kearney 8/1/44; Presque Is 17/1/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG Kimbolton 31/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Bill Hendrickson, Navigator: Harry Wolodka, Bombardier: Jim Moore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gus Ball, Radio Operator: Gus Houser, Ball turret gunner: Sam Bishop, Waist gunner: Rance Webley, Waist gunner: Tom George,Tail gunner: Gus Donatelli (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Moore (KIA-refused to bale out); enemy aircraft, crashed two miles S of Kirchdorf, on Uchte Road, near Kiepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2909.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39314383
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2909 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database