42-31718
Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-BO.' Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-T] Snetterton 9/1/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Jerry Musser, Co-pilot: Ken Simpson, Bombardier: Addison Tice, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Finis Gibbs, Ball turret gunner: Lou Fliegelman, Waist gunner: Glen Lewis, Waist gunner: Alf Reeves,Tail gunner: Bob Pearson (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Dick Moore, Radio Operator: Paul Humphrey (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hartmannshein, near Grebenheim, 26 miles SE of Giessen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4857.
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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 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-709432
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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 4857 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database