42-39892
Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 29/11/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-B] Bassingbourn 13/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Claude Williams, Co-pilot: John Armstrong, Navigator: Tom Brooks, Bombardier: Rich Matthews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Miller, Radio Operator: Russ Schleyer (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Tom Roberts, Waist gunner: Ray Winkler, Waist gunner: Francis Rumble,Tail gunner: Roy Morby (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Einwinkel, seven miles W of Osterburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3223.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752041
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3223 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database