42-30423

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Object Number - UPL 7183 - Aircraft # 42-30423 Shot down 4 February 1944 on mission to Frankfurt. Crew bailed out and Aircraft crashed in Koersel Belgium. The B-17 is a 326th...
Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Gore 31/5/43; Rapid City 16/6/43; Dow Fd 5/7/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-P] Alconbury 7/8/43; 326BS [JW-P]. Missing in Action Frankfurt 4 February 1944 with Pilot Lawrence H. Cook (initially evaded; arrested later); Co-pilot: Robert B. Bangs (POW); Navigator: Donald H. Caylor (died as a Prisoner of War-POW); Bombardier: Emmett H. Bell (POW); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Booth (initially evaded; arrested later); Radio Operator: Jay Joyce (POW); Ball turret gunner: John R. Kyler (POW); Right Waist gunner: John J. Alexander Jr (POW); Left Waist gunner: Milo Blakely (evaded-EVD); Tail gunner: Thomas J. Mikulka (evaded-EVD). Flak. Crashed Koersel, 9 miles North of Hasselt, Limburg Province, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2237.
See www.evasioncomete.be for details about Blakely, Booth, Cook and Mikulka.
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Units served with

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32363852
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36030654 at enlistment, then O-754310
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13070999 at enlistment, then O-735248
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39307023
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13096872
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Places

- Site type: Airfield
Missions

- Date: 4 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Koersel, Belgium | 4 February 1944 | Hit by Flak over Düsseldorf |
Revisions
Updated link to the page at www.evasioncomete.be
Added 2 spaces in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Corrected Aircraft marking : it's JD for the 326th BS, the Squadron the Fortress belonged to (flew with a 407th BS crew on 4 February 1944...
Corrected Squadron. #423 was a 326th BS Fortress, which was flown by a 407th BS crew on the 4 February 1944 mission...
MACR 2237
Personal research for some of the crew members for website www.evasioncomete.org
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2237 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database