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Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Dow Fd 19/4/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ- ] Rattlesden 20/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Ralph Simon, Co-pilot: Ed Tully, Navigator: Joe Teixeira, Bombardier: Ralph Pittman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Urdia, Radio Operator: Herman Grimm, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Chastain, Waist gunner: Kerwin Tozier, Waist gunner: Bill Nicholas, Tail gunner: Gene Minton (10 Killed in Action); hit by prop wash from another B-17, crashed North Sea, off St Peter, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 5249.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14184716
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20610365
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20803788
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39199260
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661024
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 24 May 1944 |