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Delivered Denver 16/4/43; New Castle 29/4/43; La Guardia 30/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-M] Polebrook 28/5/43; 511BS [DS-M]; Missing in Action {10m} Hamburg 25/7/43 with Edwin Boyd, Navigator: Delbart Ray, Bombardier: Eldon Tolman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Hamlin (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Perkins, Radio Operator: Chas Cavanaugh, Ball turret gunner: Joe Keen, Waist gunner: Albert Garrison, Waist gunner: John Lewis,Tail gunner: Roy Weatherford (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 then attacked again, crashed Schmalfeld, three miles N of Kaltenkirchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 92. CAPTAIN BILL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Edwin S Boyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles D Cavanaugh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Albert T Garrison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Julian J Gurbindo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 390th Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19042225
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Eddie E Hamlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 July 1943

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 92 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database