42-31611
Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Romulus 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; 366BS/305BG [KY-U] Chelveston 29/1/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 11/5/44 with Capt Marion Holbrook, Co-pilot: Don Wendt, Navigator: Alf Hills, Ex/n-Mortimer Greenwald, Bombardier: Frank Murphy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Mitchie, Radio Operator: Joe Fitch, Ball turret gunner: Bill Lewis, Waist gunner: Ted McCormic, Waist gunner: Ken Zirkle (10 Prisoner of War); Tail gunner: Calvin Ferrari (KIA-shot by civilian after bailing out to land in tree); flak, crashed Hagondange, nine miles N of Metz, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 4870.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33352403
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38310101
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15130884 / O-690411
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11069217 / O-695422
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15097184 / O-738153
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 11 May 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Denver AAF, CO | 28 November 1943 | Delivered Denver 28-Nov-43. |
|
Assigned |
Chelveston, UK | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hagondange, France | 11 May 1944 - 11 May 1944 | Failed to Ruturn (FTR) Saarbrucken 11-May-44; flak crashed Hagondange, FR 10 x POW, 1 x KIA MACR 4870 |
|
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “bailing” was misspelled.
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 4870 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database