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Delivered Denver 1/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-W] Horham 1/12/43; 8m, Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Tony Tuberose, Co-pilot: Chas Kupka, Navigator: Melvin Spencer (spent only one night at Horham, never even unpacked his gear), Bombardier: Bill Whitman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Bentzel, Radio Operator: George Calandros, Ball turret gunner: Chas Dillow, Waist gunner: Julius Miller (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Wilbert Mannie, Tail gunner: Vince Barbella (2 Killed in Action); left formation with #1 & #4 on fire, crashed Aloys Meiman’s Farm, at Recke-Langenakker, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2526.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32460387
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698380
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11024424 at enlistment, then O-795518
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670308
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 29 January 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Assigned |
1 December 1943 | Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | Missing in Action Brunswick 10-Feb-44. Left formation with #1 & #4 on fire, crashed Aloys Meiman’s Farm, at Recke-Langenakker, Germany. (8 x POW, 2 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2526. |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "Kupka" was misspelled.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2526 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database