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Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 6/4/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Derrill Latham, Co-pilot: Ellis Porter, Navigator: Andy Nuttall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bryan Epps (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Harry Bryant, Radio Operator: Winston Breckles, Ball turret gunner: Harry Reed, Waist gunner: Ed Smith,Tail gunner: Ed Walsh (5 Killed in Action); flak hit blew off nose, crashed Erlenstrasse, Eidelstedt/ Holstein, near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5987.

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Ellis O Porter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758723
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harold L Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Edward W Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Edward D Walsh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 20 June 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5987 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database