42-97243

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-O] Podington 23/3/44; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Chas Easley, Co-pilot: Joe Pagenkopf, Navigator: Bill Husted, Bombardier: Earl Gauthier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Basil Seymore, Radio Operator: Wilbur Chambers, Ball turret gunner: Jack Guy, Waist gunner: Herman Tushka, Waist gunner: Ken Gibbons,Tail gunner: Ismael Yturralde (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in wood near Ravenstein near Stargard, E of Stettin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3674.

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William D Husted

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph A Pagenkopf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Basil W Seymore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Herman Tushka

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Ismael A Yturralde

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 April 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3674 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database