42-38045

Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N.I. 21//12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-C] 22/1/44; 2+m Missing in Action Brunswick 29/1/44 with Bob Mohnacky, Co-pilot: Joe Flood, Navigator: Bill Yake, Bombardier: Jim Light, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dale Gentsch (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Elmer Hagen, Ball turret gunner: Joe Grugan, Left Waist gunner: Russell Meyer, Right waist gunner: Bob Berg, Tail gunner: Pete Schenck (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set bomb bay on fire, crashed Offenthal Estate, near Reichenburg, 16 miles SE of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2242.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Joseph Berg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16078969
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Joe Flood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751960
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Dale Gentsch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13090093
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Joseph William Grugan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33242908
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Elmer Franklin Hagen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35340187
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 January 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2242 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database