42-37833 Omar The Dent Maker | The Devil's Daughter
Crew of B-17G 42-37833 (aka: Omar The Dentmaker)
Top Row (L-R): Herb McElligot (Tail Gunner), William Carter (Radio Operator), Frank Rothwell (L Waist Gunner), Donald Roberts (Engineer, Top Turret), Ivan Lee (R Waist Gunner), Irving Lieberman (Ball Turret).
Bottom Row (L-R): Michael Walsh (Navigator), Robert Kaercher (Co-pilot), William Rumsey (Pilot), James Haffner (Bombardier)
Frank Rothwell is my grandfather's brother.
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Delivered Denver 17/9/43; Gt Falls 25/9/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-F] Deenethorpe 4/11/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 26/3/44 with Capt Bill Rumsey, Co-pilot: Bob Kaercher, Navigator: Mike Walsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Roberts, Radio Operator: Bill Carter, Ball turret gunner: Irving Leiberman, Waist gunner: Frank Rothwell, Waist gunner: Ivan Lee (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Jim Haffner, Tail gunner: John Carson (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit between #3 & #4, wing broke off, crashed Le Fond de Souich rail station, near Bouquemaison, 22 miles E of Abbeville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3599. OMAR THE DENT MAKER.
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- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 March 1944 |