42-30706

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gr Isle 23/7/43; Kearney 8/8/43; Topeka 13/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-W] Thurleigh 25/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Ray Ryther, Co-pilot: Alvie Myers, Bombardier: Jay Weiselberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilmer Griffith, Radio Operator: Tom Gold, Waist gunner: Lester Terry (6 Prisoner of War), Navigator: John Dennison, Ball turret gunner: Paul Wells, Waist gunner: Lee Laney,Tail gunner: Lamoyne Billheimer (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Frischenmoor, 15 miles NE of Oldenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1701.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-687059
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-667567
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32476292
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679417
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 20 December 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1701 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database