42-3104 Raider

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 6/43 RAIDER; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-A] Grafton Underwood 10/7/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with George Keck, Co-pilot: Ray Gaither, Radio Operator: Frank Hollingsworth, Ball turret gunner: Bill Wolven, Waist gunner: Theo Paduch, Waist gunner: John Hughes (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Juart, Bombardier: Arthur Bryant, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Milton Deville,Tail gunner: Bill Igou (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Haus Oelgarten, near Hennef, seven miles E of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 286.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730520
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY, USA 12 February 1943 - 16 April 1943 For modification

Delivered

Bangor, ME, USA 16 April 1943 - 15 June 1943 For move to England

Assigned

Bury St Edmunds, England, UK 15 June 1943 - 10 July 1943 94th Bomb Group, 332nd Bomb Squadron

Transferred

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK 10 July 1943 - 12 August 1943 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron

Crashed

Haus Oelgarten, Hennef (Sieg), Germany 12 August 1943 - 12 August 1943 MIA on mission to Gelsenkirchen.  Shot down by enemy aircraft.  MACR 286

Revisions

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

384th BG ASSOC. FORUM.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 286 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database