43-38145
Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 17/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-N] Sudbury 18/7/44; {4m} Missing in Action Hamburg 4/8/44 with Leland Harper, Co-pilot: Harry Scully (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Hugh White, Bombardier: Constantine Kontos, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Sherrick, Radio Operator: Ralph Fleck, Ball turret gunner: Stan Calhoun, Waist gunner: John Warner, Tail gunner: Jerome Argenti (7 Killed in Action); mid air coll, with 43-37909 crashed Quelkhorn, E of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7713.
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Units served with
![A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-414515.jpg?itok=6Y4MLx1e)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 832nd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395158.jpg?itok=H9nAO41y)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17146408
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
![Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-476.jpg?itok=4uzxfzdz)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 4 August 1944 |
Revisions
dded an association to A/C #43-37909 per the info in the A/C description section.
Added an association to “Sudbury” the home base of the 486th BG.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7713 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database