42-38006 Hoosier Hot Shot
91st BG Archives
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gr Island 1/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 8/1/44; 21m Missing in Action Kassel 19/4/44 with Stan Swensum, Co-pilot: Leon Lindroth, Navigator: Jim Caravolas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Stevens, Radio Operator: Theo Bacho, Ball turret gunner: Amos Anderson, Waist gunner: Charles Gessnor, Waist gunner: Edwin Arnett (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Ernie Bunte,Tail gunner: Mike Schumacher (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, set on fire and ship exploded on way down to crash near Waldkappel, 20 miles SE of Kassel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4046. HOOSIER HOT SHOT.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4046 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database