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Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-V] Framlingham 11/11/43 as WILD CHILDREN II; Missing in Action (48m) St Jusy, Paris 2/8/44 with Clay Perry, Co-pilot: Harry Sproul, Navigator: Chas Ryan, Bombardier: Beverly Stubbs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Sinclair, Radio Operator: Laughlin Campbell, Ball turret gunner: Leon Perragallo, Waist gunner: Warren Shea,Tail gunner: Russell Hicks (9 Prisoner of War); flak hit set fire to left wing, runaway prop with another windmilling, ditched North Sea off Flushing, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 7749. ANGEL IN DISGUISE. (ANGEL IN DI SKIES)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 2 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7749 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database