42-31204
Delivered Cheyenne 1/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BS Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 28/2/44 with Dick Foutts, Co-pilot: Harry Pettit, Navigator: Elbridge Park, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Billy Wilmurth, Radio Operator: Karl Joerger, Waist gunner: John Curby, Waist gunner: Larry Bulgarel (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Cliff Hybarger, Ball turret gunner: Eric Hill,Tail gunner: Chas Harris (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 7 #4, setting wing on fire, crashed Croisette, four miles SW of St Pol, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2890.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 28 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2890 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database