43-38531 Sad Flak
Delivered Cheyenne 14/8/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Dow Fd 8/9/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN- ] Thorpe Abbotts 8/9/44;
Missing in Action Bohlen 7/10/44 with Albert Grigg, Harry Moulder, Fred Dace, Ralph Westerburg, J.V. McDonald, Vic Lockard, Larry Rogers Wounded in Action (7 Prisoner of War);
Shirley Broussard, Ray Gunn (2 Killed in Action);
Low on gas and hit in #2 by enemy aircraft, limped home to B-24 near base field after losing #1. Missing Air Crew Report 9562. SAD FLAK.
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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: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39394402
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 7 October 1944 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9562 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database