42-37953

Delivered Denver 26/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-L] Thurleigh 4/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Alvin Schuering, Co-pilot: Harvey Nielsen, Navigator: Jack Hamilton, Bombardier: Rob Flood, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Hawthorne, Radio Operator: Mike Comarnisky, Ball turret gunner: Henry Ashley, Left waist gunner: Norton McAllister, Right waist gunner: Leon Currie, Tail gunner: Max Bergen (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #2 then later #3, crash landed Winzlar, SW of Steinhuder Lake, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3480.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34128778
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36806942
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33350271
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16086374
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-6982541
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Winzlar, Germany 29 March 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
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Removed redundancies.

Date
ContributorRainer
Changes
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MACR 3480

Date
Contributorwchoff
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Wayne Tolmachoff

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3480 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database