42-39961 Bad Check

Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Walt Tiska, Co-pilot: John Symank, Navigator: Lee Mitchell, Bombardier: Warren Heim, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Schultz, Radio Operator: Jim McNeil, Ball turret gunner: Earl Spieler, Waist gunner: Bill Jeffries, Waist gunner: Virgil Cast (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Lew Haas (Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with 42-31318 (452BG) then broke in half, crashed Hemsloher Bruch, near Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2537. BAD CHECK.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Virgil A Cast

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38014905
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Lewis T Haas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39556128
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Warren E Heim

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736642
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Lewis T Hoss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William L Jefferies

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 February 1944

Revisions

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ContributorCallyBoatwright452ndBGA
Changes
Sources

Carolyn 'Cally' Boatwright 452nd BGA

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2537 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database