42-30163
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 20/5/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 23/5/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Wesley Peterson, Navigator: Don Phillips; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Utley, Ball turret gunner: Fred Huntzinger; Tail gunner: Doug Wright; Co-pilot: Maslanka,Wounded in Action; Bombardier: August Winters,Wounded in Action; Waist gunner: Bill Scott; Waist gunner: George Monser; Radio Operator: Bill Plaskett (escape but died in Pyrenees); 6 successfully evaded. Ran out of gas, abandoned to crash Sancourt, 25 miles E of Rouen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 518.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33021170
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671990
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729886
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-683307
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 September 1943 |
Revisions
Thomas Winter, son August Winter, Bombardier. Information from communication with Conscript Heros regarding the escape of A Winters: (T/Sgt William B Plaskett died in the Pyrenees on the approach to Port du Rat on the Andorran border in October 1943)
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 518 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database