42-31508 Command performance
Delivered Denver 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; RAF Valley 7/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-Q] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Alf Vokaty, Co-pilot: Bill Cambrell, Navigator: Shea Schacter, Bombardier: Chas Strode, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Boros, Radio Operator: Ron Halpin, Ball turret gunner: Howard Crull, Waist gunner: John Campbell (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Roy Sanders, Tail gunner: Warren Canter (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set #2 on fire, then gas tanks, crashed Kaiburg, four miles E of Aschaffenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3938. COMMAND PERFORMANCE.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15339917
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Missions
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 26 March 1944
- Date: 24 March 1944
- Date: 16 March 1944
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52979
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 17, 29 Jan 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. 35 aircraft were airborne by 0849 but five aborted the mission and returned. Air...
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3938 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database