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Delivered Denver 26/2/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-M] Molesworth 22/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Joe Worthley, Co-pilot: Alf Clumpner, Navigator: Carroll Binder{body discovered and buried 21/4/50}, Bombardier: Austin Mack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Baker, Radio Operator: Erwin Zimmer, Ball turret gunner: John Goetz, Waist gunner: Ken Pickell, Waist gunner: Leslie Schweinebraten (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Elmer Simpson (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, six miles SW of St Peter, about 25 miles W of Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5173.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752576
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13168157
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34720543
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802510
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5173 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database