Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/44; Gr Island 10/1/44; Grenier 24/1/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG [ -H] Knettishall 14/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Gus Christiani, Navigator: Leon Levy, Bombardier: Ray Newark, Waist gunner: Bill Kline, Waist gunner: Bill Pope (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Clarry Farrington, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sal Ciaccio, Radio Operator: Bill Mayne, Ball turret gunner: Rupert Smith, Tail gunner: John Griscom (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed in swamp at Neu-Ringer, 14 miles N of Nordhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3091. SHACK RABBITS.

On the way back, close to the Dutch border, B-17G 42-38177 'Shack Rabbits' fell slightly back from the formation and is attacked by a German Focke Wulf Fw 190A-6 Wnr at around 14:50. 470083, flown by Hauptmann Hugo Frey. This attack damaged the aircraft to such an extent that the crew of B-17G 42-38177 'Shack Rabbits' was forced to leave the aircraft. Five of the ten crew members manage to bring themselves in safety with their parachute. The other five either fail to leave the plane or their parachute malfunctioned. 

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