44-8140
Delivered Dallas 16/6/44; Langley 22/7/44; Dow Fd 12/8/44; Assigned 490BG Debach 18/8/44; transferred 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 19/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Capt Don Kermode (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Martin Meadows, Navigator: Bill Wood, Bombardier: Chas Hillweg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clement Mayer, Radio Operator: James Bruce, m/op-Lt Chas Upshaw, Waist gunner: John Caldwell, Waist gunner: Walter Myer,Tail gunner: Earl Dorr, Mission pilot-Capt Ralph Gregory{490BG} (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Gross Zerlang, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11046.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31293194
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 5 December 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11046 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database