42-37819
Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Len Tobias, Co-pilot: Walt Yurkurtat, Navigator: Herb Gotha, Bombardier: Alf Hano (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Eldridge {injured spine on landing}, Radio Operator: Neal McIntyre, Ball turret gunner: Fred Albers, Waist gunner: Lou Markson, Waist gunner: Joe Pikor, Tail gunner: John Filipowski (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set off explosion in radio room and ship crashed Krugerhorst at Mieste, 12 miles NE of Helmstedt A/fd, 30 miles NE of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3087.
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Units served with

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32507698
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16066310 / O-735023
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12159739
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747209
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797263
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places

- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3087 / MACR 3088 / MACR 3148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database