42-3277
Delivered Denver 20/4/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG Alconbury 15/6/43; transferred 336BS/95BG [ET-G] Horham 16/6/43; 9m, (force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43); Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Lloyd Mauldin, Co-pilot: Eldon Cummins, Navigator: Tom Brick, Bombardier: Henry Skylar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sieg, Radio Operator: George Carter, Waist gunner: Edwin Bachman, Waist gunner: Bob Carr,Tail gunner: John Healey (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bill Harwood (Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, dropped back and exploded, crashed Kiel-Gaarden, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 194.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 14 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
- Date: 4 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 July 1943 |
Revisions
Henry Sklar was listed as Henry Skylar for the entry. I did not remove Henry Skylar as a connection as I did not know if the information "Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #423277. Killed in Action (KIA)" attached to that record would be lost. I believe there was just a typo somewhere along the way and Henry Sklar became Henry Skylar. Skylar's page is at: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/91622 Sklar's page is at: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/91621 and does not list that he was killed in action. Page 12 of this file https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7u2kFLe3K6IQlNWTHRiLXlzOU0/view from the 95th Bomb Group Archives (home page: https://sites.google.com/site/95thbgarchives/) shows the crew of the aircraft on July 25, 1943 when it was shot down. Henry Sklar is listed as the bombardier. The link to the google drive document came from the Missions Listing of July 1943 file name: 430725019b.pdf
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 194 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database