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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/7/44; Kearney 18/7/44; Grenier 4/8/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 5/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44 with George Davies, Pete Matturo, Whitman Singletary, Fred Menefree, Mark Cordell, Henry Cawood, Lt Jack Lancaster tg (7 Killed in Action); Maj Alf Lambert, John Paulussen, George Cullen (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set left wing on fire, crashed Wiehe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9553.
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator, Commanding Officer | 384th Bomb Group
Bob Birney was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 5 February 1945 and completed 26 missions between 19 February 1945 and 20 April 1945.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Wiehe in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Wiehe in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 94th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiehe on 10/7/44 in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Wiehe in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208
Military | Major | Co-Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiehe on 10/7/44 in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Wiehe in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Wiehe in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208. Attende Public School 19 in Queens, New York. Attended Peter Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan, New York. Attended the University of Alabama for one year. Left the University...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Wiehe in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4238208
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 94th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiehe on 10/7/44 in B-17 'Georgias Peaches' #4338208
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 7 October 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9553 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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