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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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 26 November 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database