42-30234

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 19/6/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Lew Miller, Co-pilot: Bill Iverson, Navigator: Herb Lakow, Bombardier: Walt Koenig, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Beckwith, Ball turret gunner: Bob Lee,Tail gunner: Gus Suhay (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ed Rogowski, Waist gunner: Bill Herman, Waist gunner: Chas Herald (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Mesnil-Soullieres, seven miles E of Troyes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3132.

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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

Donald A Beckwith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35310570
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Charles F Herald

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William F Herman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20155756
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

William P Iverson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Walter G Koenig

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671450
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 September 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3132 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database