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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16029895 at enlistment, then O-735077
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot / Tail Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37411267
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-699253
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13107332
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Top Turret Gunner
Places
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