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Thomas E. Falls Jr. top is 2nd from left (marked with a cross)
Staff Sergeant Donald Voorhees is in the front row, third from left. Robert F. Swift is front row, 5th from the left (second in from the right).
Correspondence with the nephew of Robert Swift
Delivered Denver 10/1/44; Kearney 20/1/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-K] Snetterton 27/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Jim Fitzpatrick, Co-pilot: Tom Falls, Navigator: Jim Cline, Bombardier: Francis Joyce, Radio Operator: Ray Garafolo, Ball turret gunner: Hersal Cralle, Waist gunner: Don Vorhees, Waist gunner: Buford McCarson,Tail gunner: Chas Suessmann (9 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Swift (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded, crashed Lindhorst, near Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4568.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747386
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4568 / MACR 664 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database