42-31433 Rum Pot II
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Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Clarry Stearns, Navigator: Bob Hock, Bombardier: Don Ackerson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Barkhurst, Radio Operator: Ed Hill, Ball turret gunner: Pierre Joseph, Waist gunner: Theo Corrigan, Waist gunner: John Robinson, Tail gunner: Warren Martell (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Bedsole (KIA-had no chute when rest bailed); enemy aircraft before target, crashed Grossgumpen/Odenwald, near Lindenfels, 12 miles S of Darmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3865. RUM POT II.
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3867 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database