42-30726
Delivered Dallas 19 July 1943; Dalhart 17 August 1943; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-X/S] Alconbury 16 September 1943; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14 October 1943; on leaving the target, attacked by enemy Fw110 aircraft. Last sighted at 13:40 in the vicinity of Düren, Germany, it exploded & crashed near Kembach, 15 miles West of Wurzburg, Germany. Credit for the loss is attributed to German fighter pilot Fw. Joachim Gutmann, of 8./ZG26. 6KIA 4POW. Pilot 1st Lt Stafford W. Webb (KIA); Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Harry C. McIntosh (POW); Navigator 2nd Lt James R. Blackburn (KIA); Bombardier S/Sgt Joe C. Castillo (KIA); Engineer/Top Turret Gunner S/Sgt Albert Drgon (KIA); Radio Operator Sgt Harold F. Cooke (POW); Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt George J. Caldon (POW); Right Waist Gunner Sgt Carl W. Ward (POW); Left Waist Gunner Sgt Joseph Flory (KIA); Tail Gunner S/Sgt William C. Woodward Jr (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report-MACR 846.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18040599 and O2044434
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32513804
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38124471
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33350889
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33282719
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Schweinfurt, Germany | 14 October 1943 | Shot down by fighters leaving the target. |
|
Crashed |
Kembach, 97877 Wertheim am Main, Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 846; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Formatted description.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 846 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database