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Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 22/4/43; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-C] Alconbury 24/4/43; then 327BG [UX-D]; Missing in Action T/Ops 6/9/43 with Wayne Bogard, Navigator: Jim McGrew, Waist gunner: Frank Lusic (3 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Bob Larsen, Bombardier: Taylor Harrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Beach, Radio Operator: Max Gibbs, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Carl, Waist gunner: Herschell Richardson, Tail gunner: Cloe Crutchfield (7 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Estissac, 12 miles W of Troyes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 741.
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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: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730351
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39393756
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 September 1943 |
Revisions
Added markings.
Deleted redudant and incorrect information in block field.
( Thiscwas not a lend-lease "Fortress."
P. MARCHESE, FEB. 15. 2022.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 741 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database