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Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 28/2/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-D] Gt Ashfield 3/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Len Sexton, Co-pilot: Gene Koury, Navigator: Bob Pelletier, Bombardier: Sterling Rogers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Osborne, Radio Operator: Oral Moore, Ball turret gunner: Tom Fairchild, Waist gunner: Henry Dunning, Waist gunner: Bob Masten,Tail gunner: John Frangadakis (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schleibnitz, seven miles NW of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4460.

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Oral P Moore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Earl W Osborne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Robert V Pelletier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Sterling H Rogers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James Monroe Scott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671115
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 April 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4460 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database