42-40020
Delivered Long Beach 5/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 8/2/44 with Phil Stuckey, Co-pilot: Francis Green, Navigator: Elwin Butler{recovered fom Channel 24/4/44}, Bombardier: Howard Madsen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Kruse (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Lee Frakes, Ball turret gunner: Henry Kennemuir, Waist gunner: Art Jones, Waist gunner: Odis Pickering,Tail gunner: Carl Mielke (5 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Macquenoise, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 2492.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 8 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2492 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database