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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 29 February 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
- Date: 10 February 1944
Events
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. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2985 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database