42-31352 Iron Bird

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44 LEADING LADY; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with John Mayek*, Co-pilot: Maj George Oxrider, Navigator: Howard Mattingley*, Bombardier: Ed Leslie*, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wymond Ridge, Radio Operator: Ed Krementz, Ball turret gunner: Norman Burton*, Waist gunner: Marshall Phillips*, Waist gunner: Jack Browne*,Tail gunner: Lt Jim Hudson (10KIA - *bodies not found); enemy aircraft KOd #2 & 3, crashed Baltic Sea off Laaland, Den; Missing Air Crew Report 3661. IRON BIRD.

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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 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19111917
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20532909
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746586
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 9 April 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3661 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database