42-30654
Delivered Amarillo 5/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 14/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-W] Podington 16/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Julian Brown, Ball turret gunner: John Johnson,Tail gunner: Raphael Simeroth (3 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Harry Toombs, Navigator: Fred Dougherty, togg-Bill Harrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Sack, Radio Operator: Jim Geibell, Waist gunner: George Rinko, Waist gunner: Vaughn Bowers (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft struck with rocket missiles, crashed Bischbrunn, near Markt Heidenfelt, 20 miles W of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 848.
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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
- Service Numbers: 35562558
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0-801063
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Togglier
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 848 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database