42-37773 Full House
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 23/8/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Rougham 10/10/43; transferred 563BS/388BG Knettishall 11/10/43; Missing in Action Munster 22/12/43 with Webster Bull, Co-pilot: Leavitt Hobbs (body recovered 11//2/44), Navigator: Albt Bendix, Bombardier: Loran Gunderson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Angel Pasque, Radio Operator: Howard Riley, Ball turret gunner: Chester Rush (body recovered 20/3/44), Waist gunner: Rudi Marsilio (body recovered 23/6/44) (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: John Rogowski, Tail gunner: Tom Wesson (2 Prisoner of War); mechanical fault, ditched in SW of Ijsselmeer, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 3148. FULL HOUSE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744274
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793780
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13126890
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799823
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 19 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 28 August 1943 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 11 October 1943 | 388 BG 563 BS |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Rjukan, Norway | 16 November 1943 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
IJsselmeer, Netherlands | 22 December 1943 | Ditched in Ijsselmeer, The Netherlands |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database