42-39933

Delivered Long Beach 12/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 20/12/43; transferred 728BS/452BG Deopham Green /44; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Charles Young, Co-pilot: Chas Clark, Bombardier: Sherman Farr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Koon, Ball turret gunner: Chas Saul, Waist gunner: Kenton Anderson, Waist gunner: Bob Andrews,Tail gunner: Joe Sujowski (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ed Wodicka, Radio Operator: Fred Buckingham (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Roedenbeck Barnstorf, due W of Aldorf, seven miles NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3343. SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Kenton H Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert A Andrews

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Frederick P Buckingham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Charles W Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755644
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Sherman H Farr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 23 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3343 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database