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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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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-819567
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-707342
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11038335
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16166836
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 May 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
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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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