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Taken from family archives and other family contacts
Object Number - UPL 40494 - SSGT Charles Goettling and crew
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Slated 385BG, Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-T] Snetterton 7/4/44. Missing in Action Berlin 8 May 1944 with Pilot George T. Sterler, Tail gunner: Edward A. Muszynski (2 Prisoners of War). Co-pilot: Melvin E. Baumgartel, Navigator: Abner M. Fisch, Bombardier: John E. Bedell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William J. Reagin, Radio Operator: Thomas A. Montgomery, Ball turret gunner: Charles H. Goettling, Left Waist gunner: Evert D. McMonigle, Waist gunner: Ronald J. Pearce (8 Killed in Action). Attacked by fighters and collision with Me109, causing fire in wing tanks. Exploded on way down, crashed Sehlem, 12 miles S of Hildesheim, Germany, with debris strewn over a wide area. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4574.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075947 / O-811604
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39907604
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18131450
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 4 March 1944 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 4-Mar-44. |
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Assigned |
Snetterton Heath, UK | 7 April 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Sehlem, 12 miles Sth of Hildesheim, Germany | 8 May 1944 - 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 8 May1944. Rammed by Me109, causing fire in wing tanks, exploded on way down, crashed Sehlem, 12 miles S of Hildesheim, Germany. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Removed B-17F image from association with this B-17G.
Left crew association and image.
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. pages 137, 293
MACR 4574
KU-1756 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844
Corrected typos in some crew names and place of crash
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4574 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database