44-6112

Accepted: 3 May 1944

Assigned: 6 May 1944 - Douglas Aircraft / Douglas Modification Center # 16 - (Tulsa Municipal)

Assigned: 13 May 1944 / 24 May 1944 - 2nd AF / 7th Heavy Bombardment Processing - (Kearney AAF)

Assigned: 24 May 1944 - ATC / North Atlantic Wing - (Grenier AAF)

Assigned: 28 May 1944 / 1 June 1944 - 8th AF / VIII Service Command / BAD 1 - (RAF Burtonwood)

Assigned: 1 June 1944 – 8th AF / 3rd BD / 4th CBW / 550BS / 385BG – (RAF Great Ashfield)

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13 Combat missions

Missing in Action: 16 July 1944 (Flak / Mechanical failure)

With Norman Robbins, Co-pilot: Bruce Dixon, Navigator: Paul Grove, Bombardier: Bob Reeves, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Hoelzer, Radio Operator: Isadore Gertler, Ball turret gunner: Sheldon May, Waist gunner: Phil Vuchichevich, Waist gunner: Walter Cole (wia),Tail gunner: Ed Leonard force landed Dubendorf, Switzerland

10 Interned (MACR 7569)

8th AF mission (Stuttgart, Germany)

Assigned: 16 July 1944 - Militärflugplatz Dübendorf, Zürich - Switzerland

Storage of interned aircraft

Assigned: 8 September 1945 – 9th AF / BAD 1 - (RAF Burtonwood)

Assigned: 24 September 1945 - ATC / Ferry Division - (Bradley AAF)

Assigned: 2 October 1945 - RFC - (Walnut Ridge AAF) - SOC.

Sold: September 1946 - Texas Railway Equipment Company / Aircraft Conversion Company - Houston, Texas

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 16 July 1944

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added crash location

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grammar correction

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8th AF records

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removing duplicate information

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removed invalid location

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from 8th AF records

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spelling correction

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From aircraft Card
From 8th AF records
From 385th BG Records
From Swiss Archives
From MACR

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7569 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database