42-37836 Rain Check
Delivered Long Beach 16/9/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 30/12/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with John Machosky, Co-pilot: Jim Phillips, Navigator: Bob Swartz, Bombardier: Bill Roberts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Lanich, Radio Operator: Lester Geisman, Ball turret gunner: Alphonse Micuta, Waist gunner: Bill Stanley, Tail gunner: Andy Dolovacky (9 Prisoner of War); flak, Koenigswald, SE of Kassel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8830. RAIN CHECK.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12185439
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16186453
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 September 1944 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database