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Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Gore 14/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 18/5/43; Kearney 22/5/54; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-O] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43 as BASTARD’S BUNGALOW, then TERRY ‘n TEN (TNT); Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Art Scoggins (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Les Patterson, Navigator: Ed Davis, Bombardier: Bill Cooney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Queale, Radio Operator: Phil Sheinfeld, Ball turret gunner: Ed Gonzales, Waist gunner: Joe Holp, Waist gunner: Earl Rutherford,Tail gunner: Willis Ray (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Leeseringen, four miles S of Nienburg/Weser, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2383. REILLY'S RACEHORSE.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13153808
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
William Wilson
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 18045052
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top turret gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database