43-38128 Bombo

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.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 September 1944

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MACR

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8856 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database