41-24507 Yankee Raider
Assigned to the 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Westover 25/8/42; Thurleigh 17/9/42; transferred SBA trainer 11/4/43; transferred to the 546th BS, squadron code BK-B, 384th BG, Station 106, Grafton Underwood 23/8/43; transferred to the 545th BS, squadron code JD-B; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with James Edwin Armstrong, Radio Operator: Walter L. House, Waist gunner: Clifford Hammock (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Robert L. Stoner, Navigator: Charles C. Carlin, Bombardier: Wilbert Y K Yee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruno E. Edman, Waist gunner: Olen Grant, Tail gunner: Eldore T. Daudelin, (6 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: James H. Redwing (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed near old Etrepagny airfield, 11 miles NW of Gisors, France. Missing Air Crew Report 772. YANKEE RAIDER.
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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
- 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 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794606
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738819
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11068163
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36198223
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18135581
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Westover Air Reserve Base
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
- Date: 27 August 1943
Related videos and documents
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
Thurleigh Airfied | 25 August 1942 - 11 April 1943 | 306th Bomb Group, 368th Bomb Squadron |
Transferred |
11 April 1943 - 23 August 1943 | SBA Training | |
Transferred |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 23 August 1943 - 6 September 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron |
Crashed |
Étrépagny, France | 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 | MIA on mission to Stuttgart. The aircraft was damaged by enemy action after bombs-away and crashed at old Étrépagny airfield. MACR 772 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
MACR 772
Radio Operator Walter House's Escape & Evasion Report E&E 299
Research for website www.evasioncomete.org
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 772 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database