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Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 31/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS- ] Rougham 8/4/44; 332BS [XM- ] ; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Joe McClurkin, Navigator: Chas Dulin, Bombardier: Clarry Meekin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Rock, Radio Operator: Joe Fanning, Ball turret gunner: Bob Johnson, Waist gunner: Joe McCabe, Waist gunner: Dominic Leogrande,Tail gunner: Tony Gambardella (9KIA - three bodies picked up weeks later); Co-pilot: Ed Knowlden (POW- landed in sea but picked up by German flying boat); flak, crashed in North Sea three miles of Texel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 4468.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757474
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 29 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4468 / MACR 7510 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database