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Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Walla Walla 6/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Milton Turner, Co-pilot: Major Don Dilger, Navigator: Francis Bauman, Bombardier: Gerald Hanus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cunningham, Radio Operator: Norman Parnell, Waist gunner: Chester Zinis, Waist gunner: Art Jones (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Adam Bomba{turret blown off and body found 17 miles NE of crash site},Tail gunner: Claude Westerfield (2 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-39961, crashed Wagenfelder Brickyard, on Barver road, 15 miles SE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2536. BELLE OF BROADWAY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809502
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16168967
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35395939
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2536 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database