42-29680 Battlin B

Delivered Denver 2/2/43; Salina 14/2/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Morrison 25/3/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred 412BS [QW-R] then 336BS [ET-R]; 3m, Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Joe Nunes, Co-pilot: Gus Vacek, Navigator: Larry Finch, Bombardier: Bob Francis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Rife, Radio Operator: Walt Miller, Ball turret gunner: Austin Scott, Waist gunner: Ivan Clinton, Waist gunner: Bob Hardy,Tail gunner: Grady Kearsey (10 Killed in Action);enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, between Tonder, Den. and Oldenberg/Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2751. BATTLIN’ B.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Baltic Sea 13 June 1943 - 13 June 1943 Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, between Tonder, Denmark and Oldenberg/Holstein, Germany. (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2751.

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2751 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database