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Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 28/5/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 21/7/44 with George Beaudry, Navigator: Jim Gaston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Jordan, Ball turret gunner: Cliff Ramage (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don Denmert, Bombardier: Jerome Johnson, Radio Operator: Bob Matheson, Waist gunner: Lloyd Whaley, Tail gunner: Claud Radcliffe (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Russenhoffen rail road, E of Stuttgart, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7412.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758269
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-820965
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-706880
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 21 July 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7412 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database