42-102562 Knock Out
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-G] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; (64m) Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Herb Newman, Radio Operator: Melvin Cohn, Ball turret gunner: Tony Perry, Waist gunner: Leroy Kucharski,Tail gunner: Bill Jones (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Paul Deininger, Navigator: Bill Whitaker, Bombardier: Arnold Money, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cornelius Harrington (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Polleben, near Halle, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10157. KNOCK OUT.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33136125 / O-768021
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32716069
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36837098
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 2 November 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10157 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database