42-97601 Gypsy Gal
Delivered Denver 3/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; 13/3/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 27/4/44; transferred 351BG [Z] Polebrook 14/6/44; 751BS/457BG [Z] Glatton 15/6/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Noel Cunefare, Co-pilot: Capt Jerome Godfrey, Radio Operator: Frank Nunn, waist gunner: Lt John Sampson (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Wesley Atkins, Bombardier: Don Barton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Drake, Waist gunner: Ralph Hodson, Tail gunner: Joe Duvall (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Roppen, near Innsbruck, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 7548. GYPSY GAL.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18131834
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 July 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7548 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database