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A 447th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress mid-flight above the clouds. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17.' media-458265.jpg FRE 10747 A 447th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress mid-flight above the clouds. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 10747 - A 447th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress mid-flight above the clouds. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17.'

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ-G] Rattlesden 3/6/44; Missing in Action Hannover 18/6/44 with Mark Golden (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Waltonblack, Navigator: Alvin Long, Bombardier: Jim McColgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Homer Howes, Radio Operator: John Kauffman, Ball turret gunner: Fred Slater, Waist gunner: Rudi Giannoni, Waist gunner: Guido Valentine,Tail gunner: Ray Gaswint (9 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #2, then fire broke out in cockpit and ship exploded, crashed Ohlum Gross Lobke area, 10 miles NE of Hildersheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5902.

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The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39856335
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-461089
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief, Engineer, Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

18 June 1944

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447 Bomb Group History

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Ardmore Airbase

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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