43-37518 Gini

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [O] Glatton 27/5/44; 749BS; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Harry Gay, Co-pilot: Earl Johnson, Navigator: Fabian Nordan, Bombardier: Carl Ulander, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Beck, Radio Operator: Don Anderson, Ball turret gunner: Art Rouseville, Waist gunner: McDee Thomas,Tail gunner: Fred Cogswell (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Dornstadt, S of Wolfenbuttel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9768. GINI.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32847765
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Squadron 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-723476
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 28 September 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9768 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database