42-97237 Royal Flush III
Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-G] Grafton Underwood 24/3/44; Missing in Action Freidrichshafen 19/7/44 with Dick Mount, Co-pilot: Bob Stuempfle, Navigator: Bob Rouse, tog-Vernon Rients, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Bond, Radio Operator: Don Elias, Waist gunner: Tony Kurz, Tail gunner: Ed Friederowicz (8 INT); Ball turret gunner: Frank Horetski (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, KO’d #1, with #3 and #4 damaged, force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 7280. ROYAL FLUSH III.
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 July 1944 |
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7280 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database