42-97065 Return Ticket
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 2/3/44; Presque Is 22/3/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-P] Thorpe Abbotts 7/3/44; Missing in Action Rouen 24/6/44 with George Roth, Co-pilot: Warren LeBaron (2 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burl Reynolds, Ball turret gunner: Paul Hunter, Waist gunner: Glen Allen, Waist gunner: Carl Carlson, Tail gunner: Harry Rulong (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Dave Shoss, Bombardier: Sgt Joe Shultz, Radio Operator: Willy Yates (3 evaded capture); flak blew off engine from wing, crashed Ferme du Bois du Haut de Blainville, W of Longueil, six miles SW of Dieppe, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 6543. RETURN TICKET.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner; Engineer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
24 June 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6543 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database