42-38001
Delivered Denver 11/11/43; Romulus 12/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 17/12/43.
Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Lee Anthony, Co-pilot: Ona Accord, Navigator: George Knock, Bombardier: Loren Burber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dean Marriot, Radio Operator: Ed Toomey, Ball turret gunner: John Greider, Waist gunner: Dick Harding, Waist gunner: Percy Lyle,Tail gunner: Bill Fusco (10 Killed in Action).
Collided with Me109, crashed in quarry near Reichweeiler, near Schartzerden, eight miles NE of St Wendel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2380.
"The Flying Fortress of pilot Lee E. Anthony of 96 BG crashed after an air raid on Ludwigshafen as a result of a collision with German pilot Bruno Bolowski’s Me-109. All ten crewmembers perished".
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 January 1944 |
Revisions
Roland Geiger/Klaus Zimmer at http://www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de/html/st__wendel.html
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database