42-39795 Woman's Home Companion
The names :
* Sgt Vincent Reese, aged 22 [ Right Waist Gunner on #42-39795 - 303BG/359BS - lost 30 December 1943 ]
* Sgt Orian Owens, aged 24,
* Sgt Charles Nichols, aged 23 and
* Sgt John Gemborski, aged 21
[ all 3 on board #42-30782 of 306BG/368BS, lost 11 January 1944 ]
* Lt George Eike, aged 23,
* 2nd Lt Robert Benninger, aged 21 and
* Sgt John Pindroch, aged 19
[ all three on board #42-31499 - 306BG/369BS - lost 2 February 1944 ]
* 2nd Lt William Huish, aged 24 [ Navigator on #42-29656 - 91BG/322BS lost on 20 February 1944 ]
The two Belgians :
* Henri Fontaine, aged 25 [ deported; disappeared in Koblenz, Germany ]
* Joseph Simon, aged 21 [ died in the Dachau concentration camp, Germany ]
Corrected a typo in the "Caption" - "executed" was misspelled.
Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [PU-E] Molesworth 18/10/43; 7m Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Bill Osborn, Co-pilot: Jack Jernigan, Navigator: Ed Cobb, Radio Operator: George Daniel, Waist gunner: Earl Wolfe, Waist gunner: Vincent Reese killed 22/4/44 in escape attempt (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Lyle Fitzgerald, Tail gunner: Larry Evans (2 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Nelson Campbell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Wolff (2 evaded capture);
Enemy aircraft, crash landed Froid Chapelle, 18 miles S of Charleroi, Belgium
Missing Air Crew Report 1674. LADIES (WOMEN’S) HOME COMPANION.
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798498
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680909
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677292
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13128760
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 30 December 1943 |
Revisions
Added connections to the 8th AF and to 8th AF mission #169 for 30 Dec1943.
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1674 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database