42-3529
Delivered Hill 23/7/43; Ephrata 4/8/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-F, then T] Horham 6/10/43;Tail gunner: Vic Walek [wia] 13/12/43; 26m, Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Francis Frantz, Co-pilot: Ray Wilson, Navigator: Chas McDonald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Natham Stiver, Radio Operator: Norman Edgar, Ball turret gunner: John Griffin, Waist gunner: Ralph Waldron, Waist gunner: Leo Chaplinsky,Tail gunner: Earl Killian (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Chas Freyer (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, blew up crashed Holingen, near Colnrade, 22 miles SE of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2979.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13116816
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 29 January 1944
- Date: 24 January 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2979 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database