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Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-V] Horham 8/10/43; with M.J. Worthing force landed Rattlesden AFB, Sfk, UK 10/2/44 (crew OK); [21m]Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Rich Read, Co-pilot: Clinton Kemper, Navigator: Sam Blum, Bombardier: Joe Gosselin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Parry, Radio Operator: Harry Goodwin, Ball turret gunner: Joe Lewasseur, Waist gunner: Earl Moye, Waist gunner: Ralph Brinson, Tail gunner: Henry Doudican (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit #2 feathered, crashed Goldenstedter Heide (heath), eight miles NE of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2985.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-061182
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 3447464
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31159203
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39279541
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688964
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Rattlesden, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP30, UK 10 February 1944 Force landed Rattlesden AFB, Suffolk, 10/2/44. Pilot Lt M J Worthing.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Goldenstedter Heide, Germany 6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944 Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44. Flak hit #2 feathered, crashed Goldenstedter Heide (heath), eight miles NE of Vechta, Germany. (10 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report MACR2985.

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2985 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database