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Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Grenier 19/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-B] Nuthampstead 20/4/44; flew with 457BG Glatton on 29/6/44; (54m) Missing in Action Munster 28/10/44 with John Farmer, Navigator: Bob Chorba, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Martens, Radio Operator: Jim Kilgore, Ball turret gunner: Paul Keifer, Waist gunner: Alpha Schumacher,Tail gunner: Sam Gailey (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Arnold Volkay, Bombardier: Phil Seltzer (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Uelson, Bentheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10176 [?10175].

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Robert H Martens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Robert S Rowland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35558928
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Alphia H Schumacher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Philip A Seltzler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Arnold M Volkay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 28 October 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10176 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database