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Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-X] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action 13m Mannheim 27/5/44 with Tedford Myers, Co-pilot: Clarry Butrum, Navigator: Henry Roszyk, Bombardier: Vernon Naass, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Stanford, Radio Operator: Edwin Draper (Wounded in Action), Ball turret gunner: Avon Roysden, Waist gunner: Woodrow Blackburn, Waist gunner: Bill Mansmann (Wounded in Action), Tail gunner: John Denton (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baldenheim, six miles SE of Alsace, Fr., 25 miles SW of Strasbourg; Missing Air Crew Report 5327.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

People

Woodrow W Blackburn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39682285
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Clarence A Butrum

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751256
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John M Denton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15333276
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Edwin S Draper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37232141
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

William J Mansmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32277494
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 27 May 1944

Revisions

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Added punctuation in the "A/C Description" to aid readability.

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

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5327 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database