42-6086

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Cheyenne 20/7/43; 94 Sub Dep Scott 30/9/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-P] Bassingbourn 21/10/43; transferred 401BS [LL-P]; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Jens Weiby, Co-pilot: Joe Prezzano, Navigator: Dan Harrington, Bombardier: Sid Kaplan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Roberts, Radio Operator: Henry Kanfoush, Ball turret gunner: Leon Lemire, Waist gunner: Fred Stewart, Waist gunner: Gene Scott,Tail gunner: Sol Schuster (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Leutesdorf, on bank of Rhine, 12 miles NW of Koblenz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1322.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Daniel J Harrington

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801129
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Henry Kanfoush

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13111200
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Sidney W Kaplan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734707
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leonard W Lemire

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Joseph E Prezzano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-799856
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 1 December 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1322 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database