42-31768 Miss Carriage

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 8/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-Y] Thurleigh 17/1/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Carroll Biggs, Co-pilot: Bill Chapman, Navigator: Joe Weldon, Bombardier: John Pedevillano, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Economos, Radio Operator: Gerald Swift, Ball turret gunner: Matt Moore, Waist gunner: Lee Prugh, Waist gunner: Walter Garr,Tail gunner: Luther Victory; (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4 plus top turret, then fired developed; crew bailed, eight picked up at Mainburg, crashed Niederrumelsdorf, eight miles S of Abensberg, 20 miles E of Ingoldstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4283. MISS CARRIAGE.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18105600
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 April 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4283 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database