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media-28320.jpeg UPL 28320

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Object Number - UPL 28320

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 6/2/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Capt Wayne Larson, Co-pilot: Maj Bill Brown, Navigator: Randolph Carless, Bombardier: Don Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Brebenar, Radio Operator: Howard Quain, Ball turret gunner: Dale Hale, Waist gunner: Guido DeSalvo, Waist gunner: Fred Lehman,Tail gunner: Lt Craig Kellogg (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft caused much damage, crash landed Angolsheim, near Neuf-Brisach, Fr, 12 miles SE Colmar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4767. VIRGINIA LEE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Leonard J Addis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert J Bloom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Michael E Brebenar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

William W Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Randolph Dl Carlee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 May 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4767 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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