42-39989 Patches
Delivered Long Beach 27/10/43; Grand Island 13/11/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 15/12/43; with W. Overstreet force landed Halesworth AFB, UK (crew OK) 9/3/44; [18m] Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Ed Herman, Co-pilot: John Leathers, Navigator: Chas Brennan, Bombardier: Vic Marck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Hingert, Radio Operator: Matt Haebig, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bunn, Waist gunner: Gene Earnest, Waist gunner: Art Blanchard,Tail gunner: Frank Komor (10 Prisoner of War); two engines out, wing blew off and crashed Schweighausen, 25 miles N of Frieberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3231 (4904?).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2045129
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 803rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Places
Missions
- Date: 20 February 1944
![The wreck of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100046) of the 389th Bomb Group, 2 October 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-2-7-61SC)(2-10-44)(A/C No. 2100046 - B-24)." Handwritten on reverse: '389BG. Taverham.' On reverse: John H. Woolnough [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414027.jpg.webp?itok=dBtsEDls)
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 6 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | 9 March 1944 | Force landed Halesworth AFB, UK (crew OK) 9/3/44. Pilot Lt W Overstreet. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Schweighausen, Germany | 16 March 1944 - 16 March 1944 | Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44. Cause - two engines out, wing blew off and crashed Schweighausen, 25 miles N of Frieberg, Germany. (10 x POW)Missing Air Crew Report MACR 3231. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3231 / MACR 4904 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3231 / MACR 4904 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database