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Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; New Castle 24/1/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 7/2/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Loy Shanks, Co-pilot: Alf Mayne, Navigator: Ed Wenrich, Bombardier: Tom Edkin, Radio Operator: Mario Santangelo, Ball turret gunner: Hardney Gibson, Waist gunner: Glen Hauck, Waist gunner: Fred Anderson, Tail gunner: Harry Rodgers (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Jarrett (KIA-took the spare chute, after giving his own to Shanks, but it failed to open); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed Luchtringen, due W of Hoxter, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2660.

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  • 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: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803288 and 17064856 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690518
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 53004
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 26, 22 Feb 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. 32 aircraft were airborne by 0935. 29 operational aircraft had returned by 1755...

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 22 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2660 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database