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Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/44; Denver 26/3/44; Kearney 4/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 22/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Joe Thomas, Bombardier: Jim Millsap, Ball turret gunner: Bill Hall,Tail gunner: Bob Meyers (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Adrian Rose, Navigator: Harry Holley{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Strom, Radio Operator: Max Wolfe, Waist gunner: Arnold Fisher, Waist gunner: Jim Owens (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Merzhausen, nine miles E of Bad Camberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4823. THE HARDWAY II.

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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

Arnold L Fisher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18209594
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner

William E Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12044761
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Harold R Holley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James Wayne Millsap

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-681783
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Robert C Myers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39383218 or 39283218
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Belgium 12 May 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4823 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database