42-31787

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt falls 20/12/43; Denver 26/12/43; Kearney 2/1/44; Presque Is 24/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 4/2/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Howard Worster, Co-pilot: Chas Manuel, Navigator: Ray Stroben, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Wagner, Radio Operator: Bernie Kelly, Ball turret gunner: Joe Maltby, Waist gunner: Sam Riccio, Waist gunner: Melvin Click,Tail gunner: Vernon Burke (9 Killed in Action); tog-Bob Pellman (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in forest two miles W of Langerhein, near Ziegenberg, six miles W of Bad Nauheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4879.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17068043
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
William Fife
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17096706 / O-693026
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 May 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4879 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database