43-39130
Delivered Lincoln 10/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 19/12/44; Missing in Action Plauen 21/3/45 with Bill Audette, Ray Akeny, Bob Neuenschwander, Ted Chapin, Roy McGhee tg, Virgil Dupler rcm (6 Killed in Action); Lew Harvard, George Gilbert, Chas Johnston, Bill Shipp (4 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Strehia, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 13555.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-832969
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-832972
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Radar Counter Measures Operator, Radio Counter Measures
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 21 March 1945 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13555 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database