42-30788 Mismalovin

42-30788 UPL 81473 UPL 81473 42-30788

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100th Bomb Group 42-30788 On

Object Number - UPL 81473 - 42-30788

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; with Joe Cannon force landed Denver 7/8/43; Lowry 12/8/43; Dyersburg 14/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-R] Thorpe Abbotts 5/9/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Stewart McClain, Co-pilot: John McBride, Navigator: Phil Mordkowitz, Bombardier: Homer Glasco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Angelo Fernandez, Radio Operator: Sam Kuntz, Ball turret gunner: Larry Bennett, Waist gunner: George Knudsen (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Claude Zukowski, Tail gunner: Bill Cook (2 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #2, crashed Channel, off Sangatte, near Calais, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2760. MISMALOVIN'.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683285
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13011028
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

62231 Sangatte, France 25 February 1944

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Regensburg, Germany 25 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2760 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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