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Delivered Hunter 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 29/7/44; Missing in Action Vipiteno 20/4/45 with Bob Adams, Co-pilot: Llewellyn, Navigator: Blair, Bombardier: Knapp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stemac, Radio Operator: Rasmussen, Ball turret gunner: Arman, Waist gunner: Burnham, Waist gunner: Gamel,Tail gunner: Whitbeck (10INT); flak, #1 & 4 feathered; force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 14030 (last US crew to land Switz); Ret Burtonwood, UK 1/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45. PRINCESS O'ROURKE.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14079517
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log