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Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Gr Island 31/11/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-W] Thurleigh 19/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Gerald Haywood, Co-pilot: Rubin Robertson, Navigator: Jack Bailiff, Bombardier: Bill Daniels, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Oldfield, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Ross (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Jerome Evenson, Waist gunner: Edgar Johnson, Waist gunner: Harry Maron, Tail gunner: Ralph Butler (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & set nose afire, crashed Ahnebeck, near Parsau, NE of Woolfsburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3482.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39565010
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 March 1944 |