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Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 19/10/43 Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 18/11/43; Missing in Action {24m} Berlin 22/3/44 with Wyman Slosson{kept ship going so crew could bale out},Tail gunner: Warren Beahr* (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dave Smithline, Navigator: Joe Daugherty, Bombardier: Jim Higgins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Green, Radio Operator: Ed DeMatteo, Ball turret gunner: Don Power, Waist gunner: Verlyn Brown, Waist gunner: Emette Highland (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Altlandsberg, Oberbarnim, due E of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3314. (*Book by Pete Harris/Ken Harbour gives * Prisoner of War)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13034001
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3314 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database