42-31716

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/43; Gt Falls 25/12/43; Cheyenne 10/1/44; Kearney 18/1/44; Grenier Fd 26/1/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-P] Snetterton 3/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Jim Swendiman, Co-pilot: Garnett Brown, Navigator: Franklyn Snyder, Bombardier: Joe Bishop, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Handley, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Liddick, Waist gunner: Paul Franke, Tail gunner: Leo Naimolski (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Roland Stallings, Waist gunner: Emmett Melton{died from anoxia} (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed three miles E of Elze, 11 miles W of Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3428.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

8 March 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

 

Date
ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3428 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database