42-30175
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 28/4/43; Walla Walla 7/5/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-B] Thurleigh 18/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Dick Butler, Co-pilot: John Kappmeyer, Navigator: Harry McCaleb, Bombardier: Francis Banda, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Heyburn, Radio Operator: Amos May, Ball turret gunner: Ed DeBuyser, Waist gunner: Ernie Henderson, Waist gunner: Marcel St Louis (released from Wurzburg hospital 17/3/44), Tail gunner: Jim Harris (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, crashed Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 822.
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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 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18108164
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741221
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885476
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 822 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database