42-39943 Lassie Come Home
401st BG 612th SQ J.R. Tanner Crew
Lost May 7, 1944 with B.G. Grimmett Crew 401st Bomb Group collection
401st BG
Object Number - UPL 45867 - Lassie Come Home A/C 42-39943 401st BG 612th SQ J.R. Tanner Crew Lost May 7, 1944 with B.G. Grimmett Crew
Delivered Long Beach 13/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43;
Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-F] Deenethorpe 2/1/44;
Missing in Action Berlin 7/5/44 with Browning Grimmett, Co-pilot: John Leach, Bombardier: Chas Koontz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Platt, Radio Operator: Wilbur Lauer, Ball turret gunner: John Spiotti, Waist gunner: Calvin Yeager, Waist gunner: Roscoe Humphrey,Tail gunner: Bill Slaughter (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ray Haines (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Hohnebostel, seven miles SE of Celle, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4587. LASSIE COME HOME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13057862
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18214549
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32809252
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39151977
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36164819 / O-487840
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Missions
- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 2 March 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hohnebostel, 29364 Langlingen, Germany | 7 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4587 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database