42-97457
Delivered Denver 19/11/43; Albuquerque 25/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 749BS/457BG [N] Glatton 29/1/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Archie Bower, Bombardier: Rich Cooke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Giordano, Radio Operator: John Popowitz,Tail gunner: John Waskovich (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Baxendale, Navigator: Lee Hoskins, Radio Operator: Joe Syder, Waist gunner: Jesse Hirschberg,Tail gunner: Westley Schneider (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed in vineyard near Birkweiler, a few miles W of Landau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2918.
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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: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17071968 / O-751716
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner; Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database