43-38135

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 849BS/490BG Eye 17/7/44; Missing in Action Pirna 19/4/45 with Bill McCallister, Navigator: Bill Swearengin, Bombardier: Jim Cook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Iglitzen, Radio Operator: Bill Weales, Ball turret gunner: Larry Boekeloo, Waist gunner: Roy Cripne (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Glen Howard,Tail gunner: Paul Webb (2 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Marienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 14193.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Laurence L Boekeloo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37677288
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James P Carley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2063355
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James A Cook

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Roy W Cripne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Glen Howard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: AO834436
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 19 April 1945

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14193 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database