42-37872
Delivered Denver 27/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/1/44 with Dick Huff, Co-pilot: Bill Brooks, Navigator: Angelo Landolfo, Bombardier: Bill Boggess, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dan Zullo, Radio Operator: Millard Patterson, Ball turret gunner: Paul Eberhardt (7 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Joe Luxenberger, Waist gunner: Ernie Thorgren,Tail gunner: Karl Shockley (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bassin d’Arcachon, near Gujan on Bay of Biscay, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1688.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13167650
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 5 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1688 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database