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Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Mitchell 7/1/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-B] Chelveston 11/2/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Bill Wayenberg, Co-pilot: Ed Church, Navigator: Tom Stanford, Bombardier: Bill Bracken, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Gannon, Radio Operator: Art Carroll, Ball turret gunner: Bill Minton, Waist gunner: Terrell Tucker,Tail gunner: John Sheppard (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Jerome Helmer (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lingwedel, 28 miles N of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3476.

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William H Minton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35681625
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John P Sheppard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Thomas N Stanford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Terrell H Tucker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William D Wayenberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3476 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database