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Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 8/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG [--U] Knettishall 14/6/43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Al Porter, Bombardier: Vernon Adams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Moffitt, Radio Operator: John Ash, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Mallicote, foto-Alphonse Fulchine (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Thompson, Navigator: Henry Rowland, Waist gunner: Clem Mezzanotte, Waist gunner: Rosswell Miller,Tail gunner: Ivan Schraeder (5 evaded capture); flak hit beteeen #1 & #2, crashed Houilles, 10 miles NW of Paris. No MACR. WEE BONNIE II.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Rosswell Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

John Harold Moffitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Sources

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