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Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-V] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Horace Potter, Co-pilot: Bill Biely, Navigator: Marion Brewer, Bombardier: Marshall Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Hoover (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Morton Wolf, Ball turret gunner: Ray Magierski, Waist gunner: John Gordon,Tail gunner: Art Cromwell (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Luttchendorf, E of Lutherstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8890. LITTLE LAMZEY DIVEY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
11 September 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8890 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database