42-31906
Anyone who can identify other crew members can comment on Facebook here. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=354712415171924&set=gm.10158934842039848&type=3&theater&ifg=1
From Kay Hughes Daughter of Sgt Compton via the 94th BG Facebook Page
Object Number - UPL 38113 - The crew of 42-31906. Only two members of the crew are identified. Front Row Second left is Stf Sgt James D. Compton. Front row Far right is Sgt...
Delivered Denver 31/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG Rougham 21/2/44; 331BS [QE-J]; Missing in Action Munich 31/7/44 with Darwin Johnson, Co-pilot: George Thompson, Navigator: Mike Rohulich, Bombardier: Bob Maddison, Radio Operator: John Smith, Waist gunner: Ralph Bisdale (6 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Compton, Ball turret gunner: George Gottschalk, Tail gunner: Francis Heimiller (3 Prisoner of War);
Flak set two engines on fire, crashed Guezenhausen, N of Munich, Ger. (three of those Killed in Action were actually shot after landing, and after trial two were hung and another got life).
Missing Air Crew Report 7739.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-769156
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-708312
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12132233
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-821378
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Munich, Germany | 31 July 1944 | |
|
Crashed |
Gunzenhausen, Germany | 31 July 1944 |
Revisions
MACR 7739 records Bomb Squadron as 410th Bomb Squadron:
https://www.fold3.com/image/29435022/?terms=macr%207739
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7739 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database