42-31346 Shack Rabbit
Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Grand Island 31/10/43; Wilmington 27/11/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-Q] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Walter L. Harvey, Navigator: Johnson W. Rule, Bombardier: Richard E. Rader, Waist gunner: Cornelius P. McManus, (4 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Robert Harold Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewey Smith, Radio Operator: Stanley J. Sturak, Waist gunner: James Asa Atkins, Tail gunner: George Daniel Vann, Ball turret gunner: Charles Roberson, (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ferme de la Plancy l’Abbarye, a mile South of Champfleury Airfield, France; Missing Air Crew Report 4355. SHACK RABBIT.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35666456
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-521326
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741973
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672350
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
- Date: 24 April 1944
- Date: 19 April 1944
- Date: 18 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 10 April 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 24 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4355 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database