42-40056
Delivered Long Beach 16/11/43; Kearney 24/11/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-F] Thorpe Abbotts 9/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Norman Chapman, Co-pilot: Rex Ellis, Navigator: Glenn Lindbam, Bombardier: Wilson Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Silverman, Radio Operator: Milton Scharf, Ball turret gunner: Durward Hutchings, Waist gunner: Leon Hill, Waist gunner: Frank Yzenas,Tail gunner: George Dobbs (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in woods six miles SE of Juterborg, 31 miles S of Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3032. HOLY TERROR III.
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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 Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist 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 3032 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database