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Delivered Denver 28/2/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 20/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 12/5/44 with Bill Moses, Co-pilot: Gene Gilbert, Bombardier: Harry Mitchell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wylie Dumm, Radio Operator: Pete Clark, Ball turret gunner: Roy Roesch, Waist gunner: Walker Tole, (7 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Meyer Stein,Tail gunner: Kenyon Miller (2 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Jim Gatch (Prisoner of War); flak KOd #4, after turning for home flak hit again, ditched Channel and survivors picked up by Air Sea Rescue Walruses off Dunkirk,. Missing Air Crew Report 4769.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

Peter M Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Wylie E Dumm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

James N Gatch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Eugene W Gilbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Kenyon O Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20402726
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 May 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4769 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database