42-30031

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 9/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 26/6/43 with Harry Burgeon, Co-pilot: Vic Kress, Navigator: Dave Wilmont, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Peckham, Radio Operator: Harry McFarland, Waist gunner: Ed Costello, Tail gunner: Henry Ullmer (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Tom Hunt, Ball turret gunner: Bill Aguiar, Waist gunner: Roland Jenkins (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft KO’d #1, ship crash landed Bernouville, near Gisors, between Beauvais & Rouen, Fr. No MACR..

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31036351
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-60131
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732619
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14080507
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

26 June 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / E&E 1468 / E&E 81 / E&E 82 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database