42-97179 Many Happy Returns
Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/3/44; Missing in Action Zwickau 12/5/44 with Reg Pettus, Co-pilot: Ken Ingalls, Navigator: Bill Sing, Bombardier: Albt Hinkle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jay Glass, Radio Operator: Jim McInis, Ball turret gunner: Walter Siebert, Waist gunner: Dick Szcechowski, Waist gunner: Otha Stanley,Tail gunner: Joe Klaput (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set wing on fire plus #1 & #2, crew bailed, crashed Budingen, 16 miles SE of Friedberg, NE of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4768.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
12 May 1944 |
Revisions
My Grandfather flew in this plane . He told me the call name of the plane. I also know story’s about Willy Sing and Pettus
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4768 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database