43-37801 Reluctant Dragon
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 14/6/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 17/6/44; 27m, Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Hemphill Heath, Co-pilot: Bill Eastman, Navigator: Jim Swann, Bombardier: Carl Remy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Younts, Radio Operator: Roger Carlsen, Ball turret gunner: Fremont Shull, Waist gunner: Joe Curtis, Tail gunner: Don Goodspeed (9 Prisoner of War); lagged behind formation, crashed E of Herbstein, near Lauterbach, W of Fulda, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9372. RELUCTANT DRAGON.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17113927
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729853
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Manchester Airport, New Hampshire
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Savannah Army Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
- Date: 27 September 1944
- Date: 19 September 1944
- Date: 18 September 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 13 September 1944
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
28 September 1944 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9372 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database