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Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/43; Sioux City 18/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 13/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-K] Kimbolton 22/4/43; Missing in Action Nantes 16/9/43 with Walt Euwer, Co-pilot: Len Brown, Navigator: Sten Evans, Bombardier: Ed Connolly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Hamilton,Tail gunner: Cliff Hart (6KIA-all found in wreckage); Radio Operator: Sam Blatchford, Ball turret gunner: Elmer Schroeder, Waist gunner: Alf Held, Waist gunner: Cyril Koval (4 evaded capture); hit by bomb from above, crashed Redon, near Rennes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1347.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06981775
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner, Radio Operator; waist gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 16 September 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1347 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database