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Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 28/4/43; Smoky Hill 4/5/43; Lowry 6/5/43; Walla Walla 15/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 5/6/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA- ] Kimbolton 21/6/43; Missing in Action {1m} Wangerooge 25/6/43 with Paul Hartman, Co-pilot: Chas Howe, Navigator: Jim Gore, Bombardier: John Francis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Gullace, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Slagowski, Waist gunner: Bob Greeley,Tail gunner: Bryant Fannin (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jim Blick, Waist gunner: Harry Schrader (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiestel, near Sogel, Aschendorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1356.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 June 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1356 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database