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Delivered Long Beach 12/10/43; Walla Walla 11/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z-G] Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Harry Homer, Co-pilot: Chas Canterbury, Navigator: Bob Longenecker, Bombardier: Ed Zell broken back, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Carnes (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bill Baumgardner, Ball turret gunner: Tom Griffith, Waist gunner: Elmer Michaud, Waist gunner: Norman Bethune, Tail gunner: Roy Dickey (5 Prisoner of War); damaged by enemy aircraft, crash landed three miles NE of Rudersdorf, Siegen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4818.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14135869
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18199695
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Brüx, 96465 Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany | 12 May 1944 | |
Crashed |
Rudersdorf, 57234 Wilnsdorf, Germany | 12 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4818 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database