Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 30/6/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 1/7/44; Missing in Action 22m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Herb Konecheck, Co-pilot: Barrett Levinsky, Navigator: Joe Difranks, Radio Operator: Guerino Lostocco, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ocamb, Waist gunner: Phil Hersey,Tail gunner: Max Hainet (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ken Landstrom,ettg-Chas Wiles, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stossberg, near Allgau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7557.
Service
Units
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Group
The 351st Bomb Group flew strategic bombing missions from their base at Polebrook, Northamptonshire from April 1943 to June 1945. The Group's most famous member was Hollywood actor Clark Gable, who flew four/ five missions with them as an observer...
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People
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
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Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
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Military | Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg on 7/19/44 in B-17 #42102949
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
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Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x missions.
Award: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x battle stars).
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Places
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Military site : airfield
Glatton, which lay mostly in the parish of Conington, was built by the 809th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) of the U.S. Army in the last months of 1942. Unusually, the base's three runways surrounded Rose Court Farm, which remained a working farm...
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Military site : airfield
Polebrook was laid down for RAF Bomber Command use in 1940-1941. Built by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, it had short runways which were lengthened for USAAF heavy bomber use. The RAF used the base for operational trials - including of B-17 Flying...
Events
Event |
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Date |
Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany |
19 July 1944 |