42-31338 Hard To Get

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 1/1/44. Missing in Action Brunswick 10 February 1944 with Pilot Kenneth D. Smith, Co-pilot: Robert R. Nixon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Charles W. Hacic, Ball turret gunner: Harvey H. Fleming, Waist gunner: Floyd E. Holman, Waist gunner: Russell C. Moss,Tail gunner: Kenneth M. Burns (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John L. Nightingale, Bombardier: William M. Doyle, Radio Operator: Roy E. Morris (3 Killed in Action). Enemy aircraft, crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2540. HARD TO GET.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39037657
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16077742 at enlistment, then O-739172
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13119841
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32380253
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16088149
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Kemme, Germany 10 February 1944 crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 2540

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2540 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database