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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Lincoln 14/7/44; Grenier 11/8/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye 22/8/44; Missing in Action Stuttgart 13/9/44 with Bob Funk, Navigator: Allan Quinn, Bombardier: Rae Stokes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Lawrence, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Dobson (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Frank Hedeen, Waist gunner: Bob Lincoln, Radio Operator: Steve Andrews,Tail gunner: Chas Fowlkes (4 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Fuerth-Saar, E of Ottweiler, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8856. BOMBO.
Group
The 490th Bomb Group, like the 486th and 487th Bomb Groups transitioned from flying B-24 Liberators to B-17 Flying Fortresses, which were used in combat missions from late August 1944. Based at Eye, Suffolk, the Group were focused in the early months...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 490th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down at Fuerth in B-17 Bombo #4338128. Shot by German soldier while prisoner of war, upon order of commanding officer. US trial no. 12-1993.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Fuerth on 9/13/44 in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down at Fuerth in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 490th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Fuerth on 9/13/44 in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 490th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down at Fuerth in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Fuerth on 9/13/44 in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down at Fuerth in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 490th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Fuerth on 9/13/44 in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 490th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Fuerth on 9/13/44 in B-17 Bombo #4338128
Military site : airfield
Eye air base was not a Class A base but was constructed to a less demanding standard by the 827th and 859th Battalions of U.S. Army Engineers in 1943 and was finished in early 1944. Unusually, a group of its hardstandings were on the other side of the...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 13 September 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 03 January 2018 10:36:39 | Kauko56 | Changes to nicknames |
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MACR |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8856 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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