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Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Gore 21/7/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 4/9/43; transferred with HSC radar scanner installed 813BS/482BG [PC-U] Alconbury 5/9/43, then 751BS/457BG Glatton; Missing in Action Liepzig 7/7/44 with Jack Owens, Co-pilot: Hays Bricka, Navigator: Armen Topakian, Waist gunner: John Ward,Tail gunner: R.C. Zeagler (5 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Francis Minturn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Murillo, Radio Operator: Theo Roland, Ball turret gunner: Earl Markwalder (4KIA-went down in aircraft before Air Sea Rescue arrived); three engines KO’d no gas and ditched in The Wash, Nfk. UK; Missing Air Crew Report 8195.

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Jack B Owens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jack B Ownes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. A ribbon is pinned above left-side jacket lapel. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. Only the torso and head are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Theodore C Roland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32475502
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Armen Topakian

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John DeWitt Ward

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

English Channel 7 July 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8195 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database