42-97845
Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/5/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Capt Jim Geary, Co-pilot: Maj Maurice Fitzgerald, Navigator: Dort Payne, Bombardier: Edwin Stern, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Acker, Radio Operator: Lou PaltrineriWounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Carl Schuster, Waist gunner: Jack DomeningWounded in Action, Waist gunner: John TroutWounded in Action,Tail gunner: Lt Art Harris (10 Prisoner of War); flak damage, crashed Spornitz, four miles SW of Parchim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5151.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-371839
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot / Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-425146
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Pilot, Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5151 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database