42-30676 Baby Dumpling, Danny Dumpling

Delivered Dallas 9/7/43; Love 29/7/43; Kearney 1/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 24/8/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 19/9/43; Missing in Action Tours 5/1/44 with Jack R. Zeman, Ball turret gunner: Herve A. Leroux, Waist gunner: Raymond F. Chevraux (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Otis A. Montgomery, Navigator: Frank R. Bisagna, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John W. Sinquefield, Radio operator: Burton A. Givan, Waist gunner: Francis B. Cater, Tail gunner: George M. Day Jr (6 Prisoners of War), Bombardier: William C. Walker (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Les Hunes, a mile W of Aubigne-Racan, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1962. BABY DUMPLING.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803331
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 5 January 1944

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Corrected Leroux's first name (NARA WWII Enlistment records - Escape & Evasion Report E&E )

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ARowe95

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1962 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database