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Boyd Price Bellamy UPL 79575 UPL 79575 Boyd Price Bellamy
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Object Number - UPL 79575 - Boyd Price Bellamy

Delivered Denver 3/3/44; Kearney 11/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/5/44; Missing in Action Liepzig 29/5/44 with Stan Lowell, Co-pilot: Ed Matsel, Navigator: Edgar Smith, Bombardier: Boyd Bellamy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Wright, Radio Operator: Jay Sterrett, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Little, Waist gunner: Carlyle Gardner, Waist gunner: John Kinsler, Tail gunner: Ray Sutton (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd two engines, then a third failed, crash landed Grand-Leez, near Gembloux, nine miles NW of Namur, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 5227.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-762865
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39555622
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32838356
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34607242
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816334
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 May 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5227 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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