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Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 5/6/43; Assigned 379 Kimbolton 5/6/43; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 27/6/43; 5m, Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Bob Jutzi, Co-pilot: R.D. Paterson, Bombardier: Wilbur Collins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Knotts (4 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Ralph Guinzburg died in captivity 29/11/43, Ball turret gunner: Leland Bernhardt, Waist gunner: Warren Wylie, Waist gunner: Philbert Corneau (4 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bob Randall body washed up at Flushing later in day, Tail gunner: Harry Jordan (2 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #3 causing severe damage & no oxygen; ditched six miles off Dover, Kent, picked up by RAF Walrus Air Sea Rescue X9526, but had to taxi back to shore; Missing Air Crew Report 217.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33350169
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2043680
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32445355
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046545 / O-797311
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Off Dover, Kent, UK 30 July 1943 - 30 July 1943 Missing in Action Kassel 30-Jul-43. Cause - flak KO’d #3 engine causing severe damage & no oxygen; ditched six miles off Dover, Kent, picked up by RAF Walrus Air Sea Rescue X9526, but had to taxi back to shore; (4 x POW, 4 x RTD, 2 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR217.

Revisions

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 217 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database