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Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 30/6/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 1/7/44; Missing in Action 22m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Herb Konecheck, Co-pilot: Barrett Levinsky, Navigator: Joe Difranks, Radio Operator: Guerino Lostocco, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ocamb, Waist gunner: Phil Hersey, gunner: Max Hainet (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ken Landstrom, ettg-Chas Wiles, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stossberg, near Allgau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7557.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 19 July 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7557 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database