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Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque 2/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 4/1/44; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-A] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Capt Floyd Edwards, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Langlois{Gp Ldr}, Navigator: Vern Crist, Bombardier: Bill Alles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roger Smith, Radio Operator: Hugh Hopper, Ball turret gunner: Armando Ordaz, Waist gunner: Chester Zink, Waist gunner: Warren Folmer,Tail gunner: Paul Fleming (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Maulbronn, 19 miles E of Karlsruhe, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4348. PORKY'S PIG.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19099503
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-662805
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot, Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 29 March 1944
- Date: 28 March 1944
- Date: 24 March 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
- Date: 22 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4348 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database