42-39903 Marjorie Ann
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Long Beach 2/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3-V] Deopham Green 9/2/44; Missing in Action French rail junctions 8/7/44 with Verne Hale, Co-pilot: Ralph Gray, Radio Operator: Bob Nolan, Waist gunner: Tony Kasputis, Tail gunner: Vernon Naake (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Walt Carter, Bombardier: Chas Cahill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Stedkamp, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Bickley, Waist gunner: Roy Dobrinsky (5 EVD- all back in UK by 26/8/44); flak KOd #2, fire followed, crashed Ymare, five miles SE of Rouen, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7225. MARJORIE ANN.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
8 July 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7225 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database