42-3324 Rikki tiki tavi
Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned (F-9 photo-recon) 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Andrews Fd 5/6/43 GEORGIA PEACH; Snetterton 12/6/43; Missing in Action Berlin 7/5/44 with Neil Behrens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carroll Taylor (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Gordon Spring, Navigator: Bob Dulaney, Bombardier: Tom McRae, Radio Operator: Joe Amanna, Ball turret gunner: Joe Neuhuttler, Waist gunner: Willis Bryant, Waist gunner: Dino Armanini, Tail gunner: Chas Douglas (8 Killed in Action); hydraulics out and no gas, crashed a mile E of Nedlitz, nine miles E of Magdeberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4565. RIKKI TIKKI TAVI.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 7 May 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
per the 8th Air Force website. 42-3324 Delivered: Denver 8/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: (F-9 photo-recon) 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Andrews Fd 5/6/43 GEORGIA PEACH; Snetterton 12/6/43; MIA Berlin 7/5/44 Pilot: Neil Behrens, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carroll Taylor (2POW); Co-Pilot: Gordon Spring, Navigator: Bob Dulaney, Bombardier: Tom McRae, Radio Operator: Joe Amanna, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Neuhuttler, Waist Gunner: Willis Bryant, Waist Gunner: Dino Armanini, Tail Gunner: Chas Douglas (8KIA); hydraulics out and no gas, crashed a mile E of Nedlitz, nine miles E of Magdeberg, Germany. MACR 4565. RIKKI TIKKI TAVI.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4565 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database