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Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 9/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 26/6/43 with Harry Burgeon, Co-pilot: Vic Kress, Navigator: Dave Wilmont, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Peckham, Radio Operator: Harry McFarland, Waist gunner: Ed Costello, Tail gunner: Henry Ullmer (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Tom Hunt, Ball turret gunner: Bill Aguiar, Waist gunner: Roland Jenkins (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft KO’d #1, ship crash landed Bernouville, near Gisors, between Beauvais & Rouen, Fr. No MACR..

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32286373
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36210809
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

26 June 1943

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / E&E 1468 / E&E 81 / E&E 82 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database