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Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [G] Glatton 15/3/44; Missing in Action Metz 25/4/44 with Capt Edward Bender, Bombardier: Edwin Fuller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Free, Ball turret gunner: Mike Woyurka, Waist gunner: John Sarico,Tail gunner: Lt Bill Soules (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Major Rod Francis[CO 750BS], Navigator: Earl Woodward, gln-Capt Art Cavanaugh, Radio Operator: Laymon Mahan, Waist gunner: Lt Monroe Hotaling[gunnery off.] (5 evaded capture); mech fault, crashed Vallee de la Montjoie, near La Goulafriere, NE of St Germaine d’Aunay, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4306.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: waist gunner, Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner, Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 25 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4306 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database