42-31492 Discoveree
Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 16/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Manny Magilavy, Co-pilot: Joe Hayes, Navigator: Peter O’Toole, Bombardier: Harvey Greenfield, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clifford Speare, Radio Operator: Sid Porter, Ball turret gunner: John Shirley, Waist gunner: John Cavanaugh,Tail gunner: Lloyd Gray (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bob Honer (Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Durlager Strasse, Wagenfeld, nine miles SE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3374. DISCOVEREE.
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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: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2374 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database