42-5780 Black Swan
Delivered Long Beach 27/1/43; Denver 1/2/43; Salina 10/2/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-N] Molesworth 8/4/43; Missing in Action St Nazaire 1/5/43 with Jay Sterling, Radio Operator: Harley Fields, Ball turret gunner: Art McCormick, Waist gunner: Dan Cashman, Waist gunner: Bill Whalon,Tail gunner: Jesse Cleavelin (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Neill, Bombardier: Dave Parker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Powell Griffin (3 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Harry Roach (EVD-returned UK 29/6/43); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed St Pere-en-Retz, near St Nazaire. BLACK SWAN.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11051919
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16014360
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34162922
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 1 May 1943
- Date: 17 April 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
1 May 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15727 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database