42-5063
Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; Presque Is 29/10/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-K] Chelveston 14/11/42; Missing in Action Lorient 17/5/43 with Joe Roney, Co-pilot: Jack Boltz{body found in harbor 9/6/43}, Ball turret gunner: Orville Glenn, Waist gunner: Gil Simkiss,Tail gunner: Pat Heaney (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Paul Austin, Bombardier: Mark Oberhansly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Harker, Radio Operator: Jim Donaldson, Waist gunner: Gil Grobschmidt (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed L’Orient, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 15238.
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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 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 17 May 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15238 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database