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Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/8/44 with Dwight Hastings, Co-pilot: Ken Durtschi, Navigator: Jim Shaw, Bombardier: Dominic Siani, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Julius Karp, Radio Operator: Harry Barth, Waist gunner: John Case, Waist gunner: Jim Devlin,Tail gunner: Nicanor Reyes (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Howard Kidney (KIA, shot from ground while in his ‘chute); flak hit #2, crashed Mechnitz; Missing Air Crew Report 7470.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33758700
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38343521
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33578618
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19171322 / O-706150
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 49th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818143
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 20 May 1944 Delivered Tulsa AAF 20-May-44.

Assigned

Mechnitz, Poland 7 August 1944 Missing in Action Blechhammer 7-Aug-44 flak hit #2, crashed Mechnitz; MACR 7470.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log