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Object Number - UPL 18728

Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-P] Bangor 5/10/42; Molesworth 25/10/42; Missing in Action 45m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with George McClellan, Co-pilot: Bill Fisher, ex B-26 pilot on his 1st mission, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Tempesta, Radio Operator: George Callihan (4 Killed in Action), Navigator: John Kaliher, Bombardier: Merlin Cornish, Ball turret gunner: Bob Yarian, Waist gunner: Bernell Heaton, Waist gunner: Alf Chiles, Tail gunner: Chas Dugan (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Lienen, Tecklenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1922. BAD CHECK.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18058489
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18058462
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19062629
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-724125
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18130633
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

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Crashed

11 January 1944 Last seen spinning to the ground at 12,000 feet. Crashed 20 miles southwest of Osnabruck. Four crewman were killed, six were taken prisoner.

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Failed to Return (FTR)

11 January 1944

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

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303rd Bomb Group records

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1922 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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