42-31643

Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Paine 4/12/43; Denver 5/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-X] Kimbolton 24/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Don Winter, Co-pilot: Joe Wiley, Navigator: George Anderson, Bombardier: Edmund Topey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Fitzgearl, Radio Operator: Rich Kausch, Ball turret gunner: George Gardener, Waist gunner: Jim Underwood, Waist gunner: Alf Falls,Tail gunner: Floyd Hart (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bergen Aan See, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2877.

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Richard C Kausch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Edmund J Torpey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735216
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James C Underwood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Joseph W Wiley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751065
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Donald E Winter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 January 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2877 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database