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91BG Archives
Delivered Long Beach 27/3/43; Nashville 8/4/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshaven 21/5/43 with Pilot John Miller, Co-pilot Roscoe Black, Navigator John Ragsdale, Radio Operator Oscar Stuart, Waist gunner Curtiss Pope, Waist gunner Ron Taylor (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier Dave Snow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner Bill Spofford, Ball turret gunner Francis Trahan, Tail gunner Newell Lane (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Schortens, seven miles W of Wilhelmshaven, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16136.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095255 / O-732765
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O732680
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732680
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11032424
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34304135
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 13 May 1943
- Date: 4 May 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 21 May 1943 - 21 May 1943 | EA frontal attack, disabled, left engines on fire, went into spin ~15,000, exploded. 4 crew escaped and POW, 6 KIA. Crashed near Jevers, Germany |
Revisions
Punctuation corrected for clarity by Mike McClanahan, nephew of Roscoe V. Black, Jr. Ref MACR 16136
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database