42-5806
Delivered Long Beach 15/2/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; with Rueben Neib, force landed Olmstead 6/4/43 after slight mid-air collision; Tinker 24/5/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Y] Grafton Underwood 3/7/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bob Swank, Ball turret gunner: Carl Johnson, Waist gunner: Pete Sorbo, Waist gunner: Chas Richey (4 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Bill Hoffmeyer, Navigator: Harry Bolin, Bombardier: Newell Perkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russell Kosse, Radio Operator: Bill Mattoon, Tail gunner: J. D. Martin (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Vollmershofen-Heidgen, six miles SW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 288.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19102771
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18066088
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 August 1943 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 288 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database