42-31146 25 Skidoos
Personal Collection
Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Merten Putnam, Co-pilot: Walt Hauptman, Navigator: Morton Gold, Bombardier: Bill Marshall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Stewart, Ball turret gunner: Chas Sammer, Waist gunner: Jim Fordyce,Tail gunner: Fred Herudek (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Milton Glantz, Waist gunner: Oren Smith (2 Killed in Action); mech fault, followed by enemy aircraft attack KO’d two engines, crashed Weeze, five miles S of Goch, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2277.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12187564
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 30 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2277 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database