43-38701

Delivered Gt Falls 9/9/44; Hunter 29/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 19/10/44; Missing in Action Pirna, Ger 19/4/45 with Paul Snyder, Ross Stewart, Bill Welson, Joe Trojanowski, Lyle Doole, Wayne Stauffer, George Langley, Bill Suemsky, Dick Phillips, Wilbur Leme (10 Killed in Action); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Schonau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 14192.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: SJ, Spot Jammer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 19 April 1945

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14192 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database