42-31211 Reno's Raider
384th BG - 544th BS
Chris Brassfield
Delivered Cheyenne 5/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Romulus 24/10/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-H] Grafton Underwood 23/11/43; Missing in Action Sottevast 8/5/44 with Capt Earl Allison, Co-pilot: Capt Randolph Jacobs, Bombardier: Jack Nagel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Clements, Ball turret gunner: Vernon Kaufman (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Curtin, Waist gunner: Jim Grimmett,Tail gunner: Lester Hall (3 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Laubenstein, Waist gunner: Ken Hougard (2 evaded capture); direct flak hit, crashed Chateau de la Gronniere, near Nehou, seven miles SW of Valognes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4560.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-669278
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-447290
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19170044
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 612 Airplane Armorer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2044844
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19080173
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 5 October 1943 | |
Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering NN14, UK | 23 November 1943 | 384BG 544BS |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Vierge de la Gronnière, 50500 Saint-André-de-Bohon, France | 8 May 1944 | Shot down by a direct flak hit |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database