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Delivered Dallas 17/8/44; Langley 2/9/44; Dow Fd 22/9/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 1/10/44; transferred 493BG Debach 3/10/44. Missing in Action Hamburg, 31 December 1944 with Richard B. Malone, Stanley M. McKay, John Volpe, Gilbert Sousa, Thomas J. Hellman, William H. Lawrence (6 Killed in Action); Frank W. Bruehl, William J. Gleason ex nav, George E. Zackert ex nav, Arthur W. Donovan, Edgar W. Stoelting, Capt David B. Whitlock mission pilot (6 Prisoners of War). Hit by Flak, exploded and crashed in Hamelin-Pyrmont, 100km SW of Hannover, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 11235.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-765018
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771086
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31207901
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12154808
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Hamelin-Pyrmont, Germany 31 December 1944 exploded and crashed in Hamelin-Pyrmont, Germany

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NARA WWII POW records
William Gleason was POW not KIA...

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MACR 11235
Freeman's "The Mighty Eighth War Diary"

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11235 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database