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Information Sourced from Missing Air Crew Report (MACR 6234). Further information from group historian via the 467th Bombardment group Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=520526354757987&set=gm.45418401…
Delivered Denver 22/10/43; Gr Island 5/11/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-P] Chelveston 12/12/43; Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Capt Bernard Davey, Co-pilot: Chas Frankhouser, Navigator: John Potts, Bombardier: Capt Brooke Baier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clem Melder, Radio Operator: Dan Meade, Ball turret gunner: Wayne Peterson, Waist gunner: Dick Finley, Waist gunner: John Gillis,Tail gunner: Lt Cole Berggreen, Ex/nav-Vic Suglia (11INT); flak KOd #2, force landed Echenforde, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 4872. Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; 4168 BU Independence 18/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4872 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database