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Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-L] Kimbolton 22/11/43; crash landed base on training flight 28/12/43 with George Schueneman, Co-pilot: Jim Ratliff, Navigator: Oscar Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mark Healy, Radio Operator: Harry Strailey (5 Killed in Service); aircraft clipped shooting butts and exploded into flames. Salvaged.

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Oscar B Gray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Mark Healy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32497739
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

James Savage Ratliff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684046
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George Schuenemann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harry E Strailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log