42-38158 Jean
Delivered Denver 1/1/44; Gr Island 13/1/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-L] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Bill McKichan, Co-pilot: Bill Hautz, Navigator: Neil Walling, Bombardier: John Lynch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elroy Altendorf, Ball turret gunner: John Cox, Waist gunner: Kermit Olstad,Tail gunner: John Pastorella (8 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ken Gray, Waist gunner: Claud Gustafson (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Leustetten, 11 miles SW of Munich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4352.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16006483
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-754991
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39831267
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12129322
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Stapleton Airfield : Stapleton International Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4352 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database