42-31367 Chow-Hound
Hutchinson & Cortright
Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-R] Bassingbourn 25/1/44; Missing in Action 50+m Caen 8/8/44 with Jack Thompson, Co-pilot: Dave Nelson, Navigator: Chas Bacigalupa*, Bombardier: Chas Sherrill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kortebein (Korthbein?), Radio Operator: Blake Treece, Ball turret gunner: Warren Godsey, Waist gunner: Dick Collins, Tail gunner: Gerald Gillies (9 Killed in Action); flak hit in fuselage and blew aircraft in half, crashed Gelnannes, S of Alencon, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8079. (* one record has the nav as a Prisoner of War). CHOW-HOUND.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Role/Job: Armourer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6931121
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 14060468
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aircraft Maintenance
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
8 August 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.
Crew Chief added (Julian Murdoch)
details updated from information in Ray Bowden's book 'Plane names and fancy noses'
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8079 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database