42-30027

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-E] Ridgewell 25/5/43, with Bob Schrader, Ken Johnson, Ed Rogers, Ed Samara, Bill Cutting, Bill Yarnell, Earl Wietz, Cecil Pruiett, Lew Frisbee, Steve Kurnafil; Missing in Action `1m` Hamburg 25/6/43 with Bob Schrader, Co-pilot: Capt John Hamilton, Navigator: Ed Rogers, Bombardier: Ed Samara*, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Cutting*, Radio Operator: Bill Yarnell, Ball turret gunner: Cecil Pruiett, Waist gunner: Theo Leidecker, Waist gunner: Stephen Kurnafil,Tail gunner: Lewis Frisby* (10KIA-*bodies washed up on nearby beaches); flak, crashed three miles W of Benserseil, opposite Langeroog Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 162.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6862311
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14124291
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-412961 (16026208)
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735386
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32286796
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 June 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 162 / MACR 1620 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database