42-30710
Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gr Isle 25/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-I] Thurleigh 6/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with John Jackson, Navigator: Bernie Bernstein, Radio Operator: Warren Eitner, Waist gunner: Elza McQuithy, Waist gunner: Jerry Greenberg (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dan Carey, Bombardier: Henry Farmer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sol Levine, Ball turret gunner: Burl Ford,Tail gunner: Ray Ristau (5 Prisoner of War) flak, crashed Friedburg, near Nieder-Florstadt, 15 miles N of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 818.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35474735
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 818 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database