42-38059
Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 20/12/43; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-A] Thorpe Abbotts 25/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Capt Dave Miner, Co-pilot: George Kinsella, Navigator: George Jones{no chute when blown out}, Ball turret gunner: Varden Butler (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Earl Richardson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Zikorus, Radio Operator: Bill Libbert, Waist gunner: Leon Malcuit{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Sam Pry{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: June Robertson (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Addrupp, near Quackenbruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3027.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3027 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database