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MACR 3869
Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Presque Is 20/1/44; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N.I. 27/1/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-J] Grafton Underwood 10/2/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Ed Fioretti, Navigator: Sam Merlo, Bombardier: Leon Griffith, Waist gunner: Don Vorisek, Waist gunner: Phil Chaperon, Tail gunner: Joe Ranchunas (6 Prisoners of War); Co-pilot: Sid Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Stuhl, Radio Operator: Cecil Morton, Ball turret gunner: Chas Eyre (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded on way down, crashed Schlierbach, near Lindenfels, 16 miles NE of Darmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3869.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682476
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744081 Enlisted ASN 13005703
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15080142
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 32426103
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6847286
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 24 March 1944
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 19 March 1944
- Date: 18 March 1944
- Date: 16 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography" sections of several crew including the Pilot “Edward Anthony Fioretti”.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3869 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database