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Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; Presque Is 26/11/42; West Palm Beach 15/1/43; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 24/1/43; transferred 366BS/305BG Chelveston 2/43; then 364BS [WF-K];

Missing in Action Lorient 17/5/43 with Roy Richards, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McFarland, Ball turret gunner: Walter Schenk, Waist gunner: John Norris, Waist gunner: Dennis Cullinan, Tail gunner: Henry Mitchell (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Joe Boyle, Navigator: Harry Indiere (2 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Jim Wilschke, Radio Operator: Bob Neil (2 Evaded) shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Auray, near target.

Missing Air Crew Report 15569.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791380
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6146576
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791440
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36322109
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12041202
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

56400 Auray, France 17 May 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Removed photos of a crew member.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Contributorbarbarawojcik
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6 KIA, 2 POW, 2 evaded. Memorial: http://www.aerosteles.net/steleen-brech-b17

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15569 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database