42-37815 Miss Lace
Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; Gr Island 27/9/43; force landed Presque Is 4/10/43 with John Perdue en route UK; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS- ] Rougham 9/10/43; Missing in Action Hamm 26/11/43 with Bill Porter, Co-pilot: Henry Pohl, Navigator: Angelo Rivera, Waist gunner: John Irving, Waist gunner: Otis Alford (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Edwin Zahan, Ball turret gunner: Frank Walancus,Tail gunner: Art Shroyer (3 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Bill Campbell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Moast (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Plessis-au-Bois, NE of Bellville, Paris, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1124. MISS LACE.
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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: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38300508
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 26 November 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database