44-6304

Delivered Kearney 27/8/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG Chelveston 12/7/44; Missing in Action Delitzsch 16/8/44 with Darrel Betz (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Lou Peterson, Navigator: Theo Zech, Bombardier: Jim Mauzy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick O’Brien, Radio Operator: Tom Brannan, Ball turret gunner: Bill Dunn, Waist gunner: Chas Major,Tail gunner: Joe Michalski (8 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4 and wing before spiraling down and breaking half, crashed Vollradisroda, SE of Weimar, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8436.

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Joseph B Michalski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Richard D O'Brien

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Louis Peterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Theodore R Zech

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 16 August 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8436 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database