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Flying Fortress B17F 42-31681412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
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TSgt Burleigh Wayne Warren, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont
B-17 #42-31681 Crashed into the English Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944.
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2Lt William M Shafer, Shafer was a navigator who served with the 95th bomb group and 412th bomb squadron. He was part of the 8th Air Force group awarded 3 Distinguished Unit citations, the first for an aircraft factory bombing raid under intense enemy fire. He and his crew were lost in action when their B-17 bomber crashed into the English Channel due to mechanical failure on June 14, 1944.
Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; New Castle 8/1/44; Presque Is 9/1/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-G] Horham 24/1/44; 39m, Missing in Action Berlin 14/6/44 with Goodwin Wells, Co-pilot: Orman Young, Navigator: Bill Shafer, Bombardier: Kirby Fuller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burleigh Warren, Radio Operator: John Naylor, Ball turret gunner: Elvis Carter, Waist gunner: Walter Spears, Waist gunner: Lunsford Edwards,Tail gunner: Rueben Feiler (10 Killed in Action); #1 engine afire, crashed North Sea five miles off Felixstowe, Sfk. UK. Missing Air Crew Report 5794.
Service
Units
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Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
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People
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-31681 crashed into Channel due to mechanical failure 14 June 1944. Entire crew Killed in Action (KIA).
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Missions
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14 June 1944
Mission #10. Bombed an airfield south of Brussels. Bob Martin flew in place of Hussong.
Places
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Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
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Events
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Crashed |
North Sea Off Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK |
14 June 1944 – 14 June 1944 |
Missing in Action Berlin 14/6/44. #1 engine afire, crashed North Sea five miles off Felixstowe, Suffolk. (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR5794.
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