42-31531
Delivered Denver 20/11/43; Gt Falls 22/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG Rougham 25/1/44; transferred 749BS/457BG [J] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Lewis Lennartson,Tail gunner: Omer Fontaine (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Everett Keesee{Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Mariford Markowitz, Bombardier: Gus Fernandez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Haag, Radio Operator: Bill Graham, Ball turret gunner: Gilbert Goode, Waist gunner: Clyde Garnhart{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Jim Blackwell{Wounded in Action} (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Riestedt, four miles NW Klotze, 34 miles NE of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3487.
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Units served with

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20133878
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3487 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database