42-30493
Delivered Dallas 10/6/43; Smoky Hill 11/7/43; Dow Fd 15/7/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 18/7/43 DOUBLE DOO; transferred 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 8/43; Missing in Action Paris 15/9/43 with Cecil Reed, Co-pilot: Larry Carner, Navigator: Floyd Clay, Bombardier: Dick Larkin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Harty, Ball turret gunner: Howard Wampler, Waist gunner: Tom Badger, Waist gunner: Bob McLeod,Tail gunner: Paul Saireman (9 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Edgar Smith (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Paris; Missing Air Crew Report 727.
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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: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741879
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35031915
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734933
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 15 September 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 727 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database