42-5895 The Souse Familly

Delivered Long Beach 24/4/43; Gt Falls 3/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-M] Bassingbourn 4/6/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-B] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; then 551BS; Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Theo Harris, Bombardier: Jack Millspicked up next day 18 miles off Heligoland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Wrobel, Radio Operator: Warren Dinardi, Waist gunner: John Leaf,Tail gunner: Chester Beres (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Everett Hiatt, Navigator: Arlis Anderson, Ball turret gunner: George Hrubovcack, Waist gunner: Howard Sloop, obs-Major Berkley Springfield 549BS (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 191B. SOUSE FAMILY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arlis Anderson

Arlis King Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18038978 / O-664864
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Chester Beres

Chester Valentine Beres

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12140033
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Portrait of David Reece Cartmill during his training in the United States, c. 1942

David Reece Cartmill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39092831
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer, Top Turret Gunner

Warren J Dinardi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12036751
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Theo R Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730479
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 26 July 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the nickname listed in the description.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 191 B / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database