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Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 12/11/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 21/11/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Bob McAdams, Co-pilot: Tom Gose, Navigator: Francis Osborn, Bombardier: John Omonsky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Kelly, Radio Operator: Stan Easterbrook, Ball turret gunner: Harry Brumlee, Waist gunner: Fred Salenmo, Waist gunner: Harry Brown, Tail gunner: Mort Siegmann (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Steinfeldestrasse, near Nettersheim/Eifel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2198.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12042402
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 February 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2198 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database