42-3063 Ole Tobe

Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Tinker 12/3/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Presque Is 7/4/43; Earls Colne, Ex. 12/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Harry Johnson, Co-pilot: Henry Kvevli, Navigator: Dave Fussell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Leland, Radio Operator: John Daliski, Ball turret gunner: Harry DeRouchie, Waist gunner: Bob Thomas, Waist gunner: Larry Worthey,Tail gunner: Earl Bennett (9 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Blair Hale (POW-kept afloat by his chute, picked up by German boat and taken to Lubeck.); crashed Baltic Sea, off Langeland Point, Denmark. Missing Air Crew Report 6142. OLE TOBE.

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Henry A Kvevli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alfred L Leland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Harold H De Rouchie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert H Thomas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Lawrence C Worthey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Events

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 June 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 113 / MACR 6142 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database