42-37770
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 23/8/43; Scott 23/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 1/11/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Homer McDanal, Co-pilot: Maj Ivan Eveland, Bombardier: Dan Goetsch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Kirkner (4 evaded capture), Radio Operator: Don Jerue, Ball turret gunner: Hubert Reasoner, Waist gunner: Francis Kelly, Waist gunner: Harry Sanders,Tail gunner: Morton Arinsberg (5 Killed in Action), Navigator: Lucas Springer (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Arjuzanx, E of Morceux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1871. FLAK RAT.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 31 December 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1871 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database