42-107196 Temptress
Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-G] Molesworth 22/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/9/44 with Art Mehlhoff, Co-pilot: Edgar Nelson, Navigator: Gaylon Williams (wia, & died 10/10/44), Bombardier: Harry Newcomb, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Wagner, Radio Operator: Norman Thye, Ball turret gunner: Elwood Keeran, Waist gunner: Vernon Harris,Tail gunner: Ben Quackenbush (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Jachymov, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 8825. TEMPTRESS.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-002902
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15327516
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38142308
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-720046
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 September 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8825 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database