44-6013

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Horham 3/5/44; 25m, Missing in Action Brux 24/8/44 with Dave Schmidt, Co-pilot: Edgerton Paulson, Navigator: Calvin Jenkins, Bombardier: Harry Eustice, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Watson, Radio Operator: Dick Hyatt, Ball turret gunner: Don McQuade, Waist gunner: Jim Ward, Tail gunner: Jim Kelly (9 Prisoner of War); with two engines feathered, dropped behind, crashed Nuttel, E of Tennenheide, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8278.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arnwald W Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097530
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Harold L Eustice

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Richard V Hyatt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Calvin M Jenkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James W Kelly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Hunter

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Hunter Army Airfield : Savannah Army Air Base

Missions

568

  • Date: 24 August 1944

545

  • Date: 12 August 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men.

531

  • Date: 8 August 1944
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.

514

  • Date: 4 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

24 August 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/304

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database