42-3264
Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 4/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-N] Horham 15/6/43; force landed RAF Filton with W. A. Baker 4/7/43; 5m, Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Stan Foutz, Co-pilot: Elden Jenkins (body washed up near Tonning, Ger), Navigator: Jim Dodson, Bombardier: Dave Bail, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vollie Dickson, Radio Operator: Dick Sandberg, Ball turret gunner: Fred Zapatka, Waist gunner: Don Mock, Waist gunner: Marthal Franklin, Tail gunner: Ivan Lewis (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft and flak KO’d two engines, crashed Bremen, west of River Elbe; Missing Air Crew Report 193.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-725419
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38096920
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-664877
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-377085
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18134153
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner, Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 26 July 1943 |
Revisions
Corrected the name "Marthal Franklin" per MACR 193 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/29420251
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 193 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database