42-30087 Shackrat
Delivered Cheyenne 8/4/43; Gore 14/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Hamilton 23/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Kearney 23/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-M] Thorpe Abbotts 11/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Maurice Beatty, Navigator: Grady Moyle, Bombardier: Reid Griffiths, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Burgess, Radio Operator: Alf Loguidice, Ball turret gunner: Mort Levine, Waist gunner: Angelo Licato, Tail gunner: Smith Young (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Dabney, Waist gunner: Ed Karamol (2 Prisoner of War); flak damage, crashed Vynen/Xanten, near Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1026. SHACKRAT.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797954
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677675
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 October 1943 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1026 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database