44-6078 Hard Hearted Mama
Delivered Tulsa 24/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/45; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-G] Polebrook 27/5/44; 55m Missing in Action Sterkrade 22/1/45 with Dick Goldsborough, Chas Balik, John Romanishin, Carl Miller, Tom Kennedy, John Kalapp, Ramsey Fendall, Jack Rushing (8 Prisoner of War); George Shirts (Killed in Action); straggling after target and crashed Aache, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 12011. HARD HEARTED MAMA.
Correct and confirmed crashed site:
Crashed east of the Veerstraat north of Boxmeer on the bank of the Maas in a meadow (E772416 )
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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: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33791485
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 January 1945 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12011 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database