42-31800

Delivered Denver 16/12/43; Gt Falls 21/12/43; Kearney 2/1/44; Presque Is 29/1/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-U] Thorpe Abbotts 29/1/44; 350BS [LN-U]; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Sherwin Barton, Co-pilot: George Davidson, Navigator: John Burcht, Bombardier: Bernie Smolens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harvey Moore, Radio Operator: Jack Robins, Ball turret gunner: Bob Taylor, Waist gunner: Paul Morris, Waist gunner: Frank Foldy, Tail gunner: Jim Powell (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ochsenmoor, near Hude on Dummer Lake, nine miles S of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3021.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Sherwin L Barton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-746275
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John L Burtch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-692365
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George W Davidson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-751726
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Frank J Foldy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 11045097
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harvey A Moore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 38319790
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3021 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database