42-37739
Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-N] Snetterton 8/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Maynard Freemole, Co-pilot: Coy Freeman, Navigator: John McIntyre, Bombardier: Bob Lock, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Smith, Radio Operator: Bob Andrews, Ball turret gunner: Wallace Duke, Waist gunner: Ken Schmalian, Waist gunner: Joe Costelow,Tail gunner: Edwin Kalinka (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed between villages of Poppingawier and Rauwerd, Hol.; Missing Air Crew Report 1566.
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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: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 16 December 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1566 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database