42-30135 Trouble Shooter
Second Schweinfurt Memorial Association
Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Presque Is 10/5/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-N] Polebrook 26/5/43. Transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 16/6/43.
On 16/9/43, with Bill McPherson, force landed RAF Harwarden.
Taxi accident with Albert Rummans Metfield 13/10/43.
Missing in Action (20m) Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with:-
9 Prisoners of war -
Capt Bill McPherson;
Co-pilot: George Byrnes;
Navigator: Bill Prochaska;
Bombardier: Austin Pritchard;
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Ciaccia;
Radio Operator: Tony Kosmala;
Waist gunner: Morris Eckard;
Waist gunner: Henry Rhodes.
Tail gunner: Fred Nunnold (EVD-and returned).
#3 feathered, gear down, then crashed between Rheims & Sedan, France.
Missing Air Crew Report 855.
TROUBLE SHOOTER.
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- Date: 29 June 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 855 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database