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Delivered Denver 30/12/43; Kearney 14/1/44; Morrison 31/1/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-Z] Gt Ashfield 21/2/44; Missing in Action Venlo 15/8/44 with Bob Harrington, Co-pilot: Jim Kelly, Navigator: Joe Norbut, Bombardier: Phil Feldman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Terry, Radio Operator: Dominic Romeo, Ball turret gunner: Jim Craver, Tail gunner: Paul McNally (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Jim Moulton (evaded capture); flak KO’d #1 and #2, lost altitude, crashed Gross-Hesepe, NW of Meppen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7907.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner, Tail Gunner, Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703151
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

English Channel 15 August 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7907 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database