42-31621
Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Oklahoma City 8/1/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-L] Snetterton 5/2/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Chas Filer, Co-pilot: Fred Lavigna, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lido Mochetti, Waist gunner: Fred Beck, Waist gunner: Carl Brogren (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dink, Bombardier: George Turcott, Ball turret gunner: Chas Prince, Radio Operator: Chas Williams,Tail gunner: Chas Thornhill (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd three engines plus other damage, crashed Bellmuth, 22 miles NE of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4856. STORMY WEATHER.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120612 on enlistment
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4856 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database