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Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-F] Thorpe Abbotts 1/5/44; Missing in Action Chemnitz 11/9/44 with Hugh Holladay, Co-pilot: Howard Potts (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Joe Michaud (Wounded in Action), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nick Morrale (Wounded in Action) (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Roy Lynch, Radio Operator: Herlan Tarter, Ball turret gunner: Delbert Gadberry, Waist gunner: Nick Desanto, Tail gunner: Bob Duncan (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Crottendorf, S of Annaberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8821.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35234180
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817443
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Crottendorf, Germany | 11 September 1944 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 September 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8821 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database