42-29689 Skack Buster
Delivered Denver 3/2/43; Salina 14/2/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Alconbury 29/3/43; (4m) Missing in Action Rennes 29/5/43 with Cody Watson, Co-pilot: Reynold Lasher, Navigator: Bob Titus, Ball turret gunner: Joe Coss, Waist gunner: Harry Rants (5EVD; Bombardier: Rex Orme, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Dehaven, Radio Operator: Francis Moran, Waist gunner: John Brown,Tail gunner: Ron Hemminger (5 Prisoner of War); coll with enemy aircraft losing four feet of right wing, #4 running away, crashed Rennes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4895.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33117565
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 29 May 1943
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- Date: 21 May 1943
- Date: 17 May 1943
- Date: 15 May 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Rennes, France | 29 May 1943 - 29 May 1943 | Missing in Action Rennes 29/5/43. Collided with enemy aircraft losing four feet of right wing, #4 engine running away, crashed Rennes, France. Missing Air Crew Report MACR 4895. (5 x POW, 5 x EVD). |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4895 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database