44-6147

Object Number - UPL 28278

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group [JD-U] Grafton Underwood on 10 June 1944; during assembly for Leipzig, a mid air collision with 42-102442 (both spares) (384BG); crashed at Withersfield, near Haverhill, Suffolk, UK; with Donald W. Bagby, Co-pilot: Howard R. Morton, Radio Operator: Dean W. Day (3 RTD, bailed out); Navigator: Gerald P. Davis, togglier-Carl Niemann, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack D. Huff, Ball turret gunner: Raymond Pawlowski, Waist gunner: Arthur E. Allison,Tail gunner: Cecil C. O’Neal (6 Killed in Action); Salvaged 8/7/44.

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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in three rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass.  Five men standing to the rear and six men seated in front.  Large canvas bags are on the ground.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12150458
  • Role/Job: Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34547132
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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AAIR 44-07-07-515 / Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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