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Delivered Amarillo 5/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 14/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-W] Podington 16/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Julian Brown, Ball turret gunner: John Johnson,Tail gunner: Raphael Simeroth (3 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Harry Toombs, Navigator: Fred Dougherty, togg-Bill Harrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Sack, Radio Operator: Jim Geibell, Waist gunner: George Rinko, Waist gunner: Vaughn Bowers (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft struck with rocket missiles, crashed Bischbrunn, near Markt Heidenfelt, 20 miles W of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 848.

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John I Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George A Rinko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Donald J Sack

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Raphael C Simeroth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Harold C Toombs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 14 October 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 848 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database