42-97993

Delivered Dallas 26/4/44; Langley 17/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 15/7/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 10/9/44 with Bob Dunbar, Co-pilot: Woodruff Goble, Navigator: John Krempasky, Bombardier: Art Upshaw, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Kennedy, romg-Tom Boardman, no btg, Waist gunner: Art Dennis, Waist gunner: Ken Crast, mo-Lt John Sacks, Maj Mitchell Mulholland {mission pilot, PFF lead with 490BG} (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, then #4, crashed woods near Neurider Berg, S of Bebelsheim, SE of Saarbrucken, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8842. Salvaged 9/5/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Thomas H Boardman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Kenneth J Crast

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12099023
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Arthur D Dennis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert S Dunbar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Woodruff W Goble

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 September 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8842 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database