42-31903 Hard Luck II
War Records of Jerry Cassell
Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Kearney 30/1/44; Grenier 18/2/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 23/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Eden Jones, Co-pilot: Bob Ries, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Eadie, Radio Operator: Leo Griffin, Ball turret gunner: Harry Prince (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Albert Fincher, Bombardier: Cordy Ramer, Waist gunner: Frank Moran, Tail gunner: Jerry Cassell (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wulfingerode, W of Nordhausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7811. (npo) HARD LUCK II.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36079052
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33244262
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Merseburg, Germany | 29 July 1944 | |
Crashed |
Wülfingerode, 99759 Sollstedt, Germany | 29 July 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7811 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database