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Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF- ] Chelveston 5/1/44; Missing in Action Kiel 22/5/44 with Cecil Gerber, Co-pilot: Houison Reed, Navigator: Edmund Wageman, Bombardier: Orval Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Anderson, Radio Operator: Junior Leavell, Ball turret gunner: John Gault, Waist gunner: Bill Hamilton, Waist gunner: Alphonse Kneupper,Tail gunner: Gordon Willis (10 Killed in Action); flak damage, crashed Kiel Navy Yard, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4951.

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Junior R Leavell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Houison G Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edmund J Wageman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Orval R Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Gordon J Willis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 22 May 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4951 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database