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Delivered Denver 12/2/44; 1SAG Langley 12/3/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 18/6/44; transferred 600BS/398BG [N8-Q] Nuthampstead 29/6/44; 602BS [K8-Q]; (16m) Missing in Action [PFF] Misburg 26/11/44 with Capt Gene Douglas, Co-pilot: Chas Zimmer, Capt Harry Nelson [ex nav], Navigator: Randolph Anderson, Bombardier: Norman Kottke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Opher Rumney, Radio Operator: Jim Strafford, lwg-Jim Williams, rad nav-Lt Aaron Kuptsow {rwg},Tail gunner: Reen Stout (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Oberschoenhagen, near Detmold; Missing Air Crew Report 11146 (?11144).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

People

Formal portrait of Air Force LT. Randolph Anderson in dress uniform

Randolph D Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703920
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Black and white portrait of S/Sgt. Alfred L. Breault in dress uniform

Alfred L Breault

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11111836
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Gene L Douglas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Norman Edward Kottke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17051129 / O-762637
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aaron Kuptsow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Radar Navigator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 26 November 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database