42-31627
Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Gt Falls 1/12/43; Cheyenne 3/12/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Roy Graves, Co-pilot: Wayne McLeod, Navigator: Jim Salay, Bombardier: Herbert Witte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Horace Gillespie, Radio Operator: Weldon Brown, Ball turret gunner: Harry Moberg, Waist gunner: Don Lillehaug, Waist gunner: Bob Kent (9 Killed in Action); Tail gunner: Eldon Williams (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-31595 wreckage, crashed near Treuenbrietzen, SW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3198.
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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: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18052560
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |