42-37817 Aristocrap

Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 24/10/43; 2m Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Orville Castle, Co-pilot: Leon Anderson, Radio Operator: Mike Beckett (3 Killed in Action), Navigator: Marion Cessna, Bombardier: Ken Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clinton Logan, Ball turret gunner: Francis Bousquet, Waist gunner: Lawton Wilkes RIP 15/9/44, Waist gunner: Bob Cheek, Tail gunner: George Bond (7 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Eggese, a mile S of Gross Mackenstedt, SW of Bremen. Missing Air Crew Report 1576. ARISTOCRAP.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Leon E Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747704
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Mike C Beckett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

George W Bond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36401591
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Francis J Bousquet

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11114353
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Orville L Castle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800358
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 26 November 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1576 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database