42-97136

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-T] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 27/4/44 with Herb Small, Co-pilot: Roy Morris, Navigator: Jim McGee, Bombardier: John Sewack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Pirrello, Radio Operator: Marion Parker, Ball turret gunner: John Reynolds, Waist gunner: Dave George, Waist gunner: Russ Ulrich, Tail gunner: Ed Potkay (10 Killed in Action); flak on left wing, caught fire and spun in, crashed Le Pont Durand, two miles S of Rocheville, six miles W of Valognes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4350.

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  • Date: 27 April 1944
  • Date: 27 April 1944
  • Date: 24 April 1944
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'
  • Date: 22 April 1944
  • Date: 20 April 1944

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 27 April 1944

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database