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Delivered Long Beach 13/11/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; Bangor 4/12/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-X] Podington 30/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Wallace Upson(326bs), Navigator: Bill Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Maurice Hargrove, Radio Operator: Bill Bishop, Ball turret gunner: Lewis Schultz, Waist gunner: Reece Walton (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Frank Hilger, Bombardier: Bob Dorgan, Waist gunner: Neal Persons,Tail gunner: Bradley Standlee (4 evaded capture); flak, crashed Te Kiefte Farm, Ruurlo, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2905.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2905 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database