42-31096 Squirmin Squaw

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 4/10/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 29/11/43; transferred 711BS/447BG Rattlesden /44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with John Jellison, Co-pilot: Billy Collins, Navigator: Don Clausen, Bombardier: Ed Bracken, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Akers, Radio Operator: Clarry Peterson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Lancaster, Waist gunner: Arnold Stone, Waist gunner: Art Titus,Tail gunner: Stan Leer (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Evenkamp, four miles W of Loningen, 11 miles NW of Quackenbruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2534. THE SQUIRMING SQUAW.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Wayne H Akers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37338692
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Edward F Bracken

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685766
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leonard M Clausen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685927
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Billy R Collins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684691
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George Wilson Freas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 0-751117
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 February 1944

Revisions

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ContributorJoeTate
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Sources

http://www.447bg.com/Harvard%20Planes.htm

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ContributorJoeTate
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http://www.447bg.com/Harvard%20Planes.htm

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database