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Delivered Long Beach 5 May 1943; Kearney 30 May 1943; Dow Field 19 June 1943; Assigned 551BS/385BG Great Ashfield 20 June 1943; Missing in Action Duren 20 October 1943 with Pilot Lyle V. Fryer; Co-pilot: Clifford G. McIlveen; Navigator: John S. Durakov; Bombardier: Edwin D. Rinkenberger; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester A. Lisiewski (evaded for a time but captured in Paris on 21 January 1944 - POW); Radio Operator: William G. Cokins; Ball turret gunner: George A. Good; Left Waist gunner: Joseph F. Pittman; Right Waist gunner: Fred Browning;Tail gunner: David E. Carr (10 Prisoners of War); mechanical trouble, crashed De Slek, two miles South of Echt, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 828. SHACK BUNNY.

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George Arnold Good

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19070682
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Chester A Lisiewski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36219876
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Second Lieutenant Clifford McIlveen and his brother First Lieutenant Clarence McIlveen of the 385th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 10 Oct 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Flying Fortresses In Combat Missions Over Europe. Picture Shows:- Left, 2/Lt. Clifford McIlveen, 22, co-pilot of the "Mary Ellen III", and (right) 1/Lt. Clarence McIlveen, 25, pilot of the "Stars and Stripes" - the two brother pilots who met in the same squadron over here after nine months of separation.

Clifford George McIlveen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19047701 and O-735422
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph F Pittman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14054749
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Edwin Dale Rinkenberger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-733356
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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near Slek, The Netherlands 20 October 1943 Crashed behind the houses at 29-33 Slekkerstraat, West of the Roterweg, in Slek, South of Maasbracht, The Netherlands

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A. L. DESTRO II

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MACR 828

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 828 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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