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Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF- ] Bassingbourn 15/6/44 Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Capt Dick Burch, Co-pilot: Leo Plant, Navigator: Capt Harry Fox, Bombardier: Julian Columbus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob McCarthy, Radio Operator: George Schmidt, Ball turret gunner: Chas Hickman, Waist gunner: Jack Morgan (8 Killed in Action); Tail gunner: Joe Evers (Prisoner of War); flak KOd #1 & #2, then another hit amidships followed by explosion, crashed Schenfeld/Holstein, W of Hamburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5982.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13025271
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 20 June 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 readability.

 

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5982 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database