42-5422
Delivered Denver 3/12/42; Salina 5/1/43; Morrison 6/2/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 10/4/43; Missing in Action St Nazaire 1/5/43 with Edwin Pipp, togg-Jim Melillo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Eli Rogers Wounded in Action, Tail gunner: Jim Babbs (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jim Lear, Navigator: Leland Flower, Radio Operator: Buren Williams, Ball turret gunner: Ed Zaban, Waist gunner: Norm Neuweiler, Waist gunner: Ed Kaczanowski (6 Killed in Action); ditched in Brest Harbour, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 15619.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16098305
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791496
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13032861
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34136724
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39160335
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 1 May 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15619 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database