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
- 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: 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
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4879 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database