42-3302
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-O] Framlingham 14/7/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Ed Weldon, Co-pilot: Clarendon Barbarus, Navigator: Jim Smith, Bombardier: Bob Rhoades, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion Laird, Radio Operator: Chas Roth, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Levin, Waist gunner: Grant McCracken, Waist gunner: Howard Kreiner,Tail gunner: Spiro Harames, obs-Lt Ken Neubauer} (11 Prisoner of War); AA KO’d #4, then exploded, crashed Suttrup, near Messingen/Freren, 37 miles N of Munster; Missing Air Crew Report 866. RICK-O-SHAY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32478738
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36201277 / O-578715
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670253
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32421903
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801098
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 866 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database