42-3266 Sittin' Bull
Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-T] Horham 17/7/43; transferred 335BS [OE-T]; 11m, Missing in Action Romilly 15/9/43 with Joe Noyes washed up Berck-Plage two weeks later, Co-pilot: Dave Prees, Navigator: Frank Roth, Bombardier: Rex Rice, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Clapper, Radio Operator: Edgar Lajoie, Ball turret gunner: Bob Willis, Waist gunner: Ray Provost, Waist gunner: Dan Fabritz, Tail gunner: Bill Cochran (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 616. SITTING BULL.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39309441
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
English Channel | 15 September 1943 - 15 September 1943 | Missing in Action Romilly 15/9/43. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Channel; (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 616. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 616 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 616 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database