42-31467 Sac Hound

Delivered Cheyenne 4/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Grenier 10/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-J] Deenethorpe 6/1/44. Missing in Action Frankfurt 2 March 1944 with William G. Sheahan, Co-pilot: Elliott B. Ogden, Navigator: Robert O. Davis, Bombardier: Douglas M. Conway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Richard W. Rickey, Radio Operator: Donald W. Silverstein, Waist gunner: Seymour Falk (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Hazard Justice, Waist gunner: Roger T. Leking,Tail gunner: John W. O’Mara (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded mid air, crashed Falaën-St-Gérard, near Mettet, 10 miles SW of Namur, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2742. SAC HOUND.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clifford Eugene Barker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35368934
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Douglas Martin Conway

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17072159 at enlistment, then O-685775
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Harold Francis Cyr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16095835
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert Orval Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13075926 at enlistment, then O-808000
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Seymour Falk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17037059
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Belgium 2 March 1944 shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed Falaën-St-Gérard, near Mettet, about 10 miles SW of Namur, Belgium.

Revisions

Date10 Sep 2021 13:29:42
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31467

Date27 Jan 2019 16:24:02
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to nicknames, markings, description, events and mission associations
Sources

MACR 2742

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:38
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2742 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database