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Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; MacDill 22/3/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-L] Thurleigh 2/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Dick Lambert, Co-pilot: Walt Owens, Navigator: Bill Campbell, togg-Carl Crawford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom McNulty, Radio Operator: Ernie Stone, Tail gunner: Ron Gordon (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Fernando Montez, Waist gunner: Bennie Zamorron, Waist gunner: Dan McNamara (3 Prisoner of War); involved mid air coll with wreckage from two other B-17s, crashed SW of Ostprignitz (Schmolde), 12 miles NW of Wittstock, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4555.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 3xxx0500
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39283867
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818923
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34526247
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 36517221
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 8 May 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4555 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database