43-38992

Delivered Lincoln 1/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-S] Thorpe Abbotts 19/11/44; battle damaged Kiel 3/4/45 with Bill Baldwin, Francis Beedle, John Buckley, Les Davis, Ken Wright, Randolph Goodwin, Alf Mantapouli, Ogden Barron (8 Killed in Action); Kermit Jones, Howard Weber {rcm} (2 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, caught fire and exploded before crashed Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 13717.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radar Counter Measures Operator, Radar, Radio Counter Measures
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 3 April 1945

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13717 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database