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Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Oklahoma City 6/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 3/5/44; Missing in Action Fallersleben 20/6/44 with Howard Seefurth, Co-pilot: Wylie Wyatt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Elmore, Radio Operator: John Gabri, Waist gunner: John Pepper,Tail gunner: Joe Liptak (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Chas Harris, Bombardier: Claude Kilps, Ball turret gunner: Paul Whitestone, Waist gunner: Benjamin Aguinaldo (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Letzlingen Forest, seven miles SE of Gardelegen, 25 miles NW of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5895.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ben Aquinaldo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Thomas H Elmore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

John J Gabri

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Charles W Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Claude F Kilps

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 20 June 1944

Revisions

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Contributorbernard516
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Sources

From military records, birth and death certificates.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5895 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database