44-6145 Cover Girl

Delivered Tulsa 12/5/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-S] Deenethorpe 12/6/44; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Harry Silverstein, Larry Crickenberger, Carl Landwehr, Glenn Dotson, Don Gravel, Don Bergstrom, George Dias, Francis Meyers (8 Killed in Action); John Farquhar (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Kienwerder, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9756. COVER GIRL.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11055436
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34149834
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Gunner, Enlisted
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33623780
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18119127
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

  • Date: 25 September 1944
  • Date: 22 September 1944
  • Date: 19 September 1944
  • Date: 17 September 1944
  • Date: 13 September 1944
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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Police, Poland 7 October 1944 Politz, Germany during the war.

Revisions

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MACR 9756

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ContributorSuperman
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401st Bomb Group website

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9756 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database