42-31702
B-17G 4231702 was delivered Denver 9-Dec-43; Kearney 28-Dec-43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-A] Polebrook 30-Jan-44. Sustained a direct hit from flak over the target, the aircraft factories at Schkeuditz, Germany on 16-Aug-44. Aircraft exploded in mid-air before all of the crew could bale out and crashed at Burgwerben, Germany. This aircraft had flown 47 missions. 3KIA 6POW MACR 7902.
P 2Lt Edgar D. Cartwright (KIA); CP 2Lt Robert C. Schwartz (KIA)
N F/O Joseph T.Gerhardt (POW); B 2Lt William R. Chauncey, Jr. (KIA)
E/TTG SSgt Eugene F. Moss (POW) RO SSgt Garlan R. Gillespie (POW)
BTG Sgt George R. Greenamyre (POW) WG Sgt Raymond F Newbauer (POW)
TG Sgt George W. Light (POW)
Connections
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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: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-761880
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771897
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-125750
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36077203
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19103429
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Burgwerben, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Shot down by Anti-Aircraft fire while on the bomb run. Crashed near Burgwerben, Germany. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014. Added markings and Radio Call Sign, converted dates in description to military-style signification, added loss detail and target to description, added rank, crew position and formatted crew display; added detail and map location to FTR event per MACR 7902 and "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database