42-31596
Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Billings 29/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 750BS/457BG Glatton 26/12/44; Missing in Action Achmer 21/2/44 1st group loss with Llewellyn Bredeson, Co-pilot: George Barnes, Navigator: Bob Whitby, Bombardier: Sam Kalman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Collins, Radio Operator: Len Luchonok, Ball turret gunner: John Lewis, Waist gunner: Walt Jutze, Waist gunner: Louis Rigaud (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Bill Schenkel (Killed in Action); flak hits & enemy aircraft, crashed Bottorf, four miles W of Quackenbruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3004.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 21 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3004 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database