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Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 6/4/43 with Bob Holdom, Bob Gravelyn, Bill Bechter, Jim Phillips, Bill Coleman, Bill Craver, Morris Pryor, Ray Pulliner, Ken Fossan, Jim Scollon;



Missing in Action 3m Amiens-Glisy 4/7/43 with Bob Holdom, Co-pilot: Bob Gravelyn, Navigator: Bill Bechter, Bombardier: Jim Phillips, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Coleman, Radio Operator: Bill Craver, Ball turret gunner: Ray Pulliner, Waist gunner: Ken Fossan, Waist gunner: Jim Scollon,Tail gunner: Morris Pryor (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Berck-Plage, near Montreuil-Sur-Mer, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 133. WIDGET.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William A Bechter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735969
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William R Coleman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37153639
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

William L Craver

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35319053
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Kenneth Lund Fossan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39393396
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert H Gravelyn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-737416
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 14 July 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 133 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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