44-8634 Ida Wanna
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Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/12/44; Bombardier: Lt Emanuel Agnello Killed in ActionHamburg 17/1/45; Missing in Action Kaltenkirchen 7/4/45 with Dabney Sharp, Co-pilot: Capt Doug Anderson, Navigator: Carroll Gierde, Bombardier: Sgt Joe Stanfield, Ball turret gunner: Jack Basor, rcm-Bob Pearce, Waist gunner: Ellwood Fream,Tail gunner: John Halbritter (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arris Stephenson, Radio Operator: Ralph DeCelle (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #4, crashed Heide, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 14184. IDA WANNA.
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 729th Bomb Squadron 730th Bomb Squadron 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764123
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radar Counter Measures Operator
Places
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 7 April 1945 |
Revisions
This B-17G, nicknamed IDA WANNA, had the crew who sadly went down with her as the only ones listed. I added the first crew who completed 35 missions in her to the connections. Of that group, only the Bombardier, Emanuel Agnello, was lost in action.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14184 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database