42-30337 Eight Ball : 8 Ball : Flak Hack
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/7/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-B] Framlingham 13/7/43 EIGHTBALL; Noel Howard (RO/Gunner) was Killed in Action 26/9/43;
Transferred 571BS [FC-D]; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Grady Dover, Navigator: Donel O’Brien, Radio Operator: Henry Smith, Ball turret gunner: Mike Chernick, Waist gunner: Jim McAuliffe, Waist gunner: Jim Milazzo, Tail gunner: Rupert Farr (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Beard, Bombardier: Claud Hodgson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester Gillen (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Streipe, near Lingen/Ems, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2503. FLAK HACK aka 8 BALL.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37434430
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671440
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 30th Station Complement Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6296017
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11045274
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 24 December 1943
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 February 1944 |
Revisions
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2503 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2503 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database