42-37802
Delivered Denver 2/9/43; Gr Island 20/9/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ?] Snetterton 30/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Gordon Hendricksen, Co-pilot: Stan Wells, Navigator: Joe Taylor, Bombardier: Jim Rose, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Vargo, Radio Operator: Edwin Bowersox, Ball turret gunner: Lew DeVoe, Waist gunner: Ferdy Monier, Waist gunner: Jack Clackley,Tail gunner: Garnet Wood (10 Killed in Action); ditched North Sea, no trace of crew or aircraft; Missing Air Crew Report 1320.
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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 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33236676
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14181902
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39185117
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20708307 / O-798500
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18156592
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 November 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database