43-37645
Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Grenier 6/6/44; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 8/6/44; transferred 413BS/96BG Snetterton 11/6/44; Missing in Action Steenwjik, Hol 24/3/45 with Ron Birch, Co-pilot: Henry Miller, Navigator: Bill Hollis, Bombardier: Walt Liddle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lowell Beaver, Radio Operator: Bill Dillion, Ball turret gunner: Glen Wallace, Waist gunner: Alton Goodling,Tail gunner: Preston Wannan (9 Killed in Action); engine caught fire, ditched North Sea, off Yarmouth, UKl. Missing Air Crew Report 13603.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 24 March 1945 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13603 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database