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Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Wilmington 13/10/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield [SG- ] 26/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with John Salyard Co-pilot: Bob Wills, Navigator: Nathan Gewirtz, Bombardier: Bill George, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernie Brooks, Radio Operator: Matt McGuire, Ball turret gunner: Chas Cooper, Waist gunner: Otto Schoeneberg, Waist gunner: Joe Williams,Tail gunner: Harry Campbell (10 Prisoner of War) flak KO’d #2, crashed SE of Dortmund Oespel on housing estate, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3316.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694363
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 23 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database