42-107050 Tornado Jr
Delivered Denver 7/2/44; Assigned: 398BG Rapid City AAF 4/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-O] Horham 12/5/44; 24m, MIA: Bohlen 7/10/44 with Joe Farrar, Co-pilot: Don Robinson, Navigator: Albt Monnett, Bombardier: Jack Abadie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wade Minor, Radio Operator: Roy Patocka, Ball turret gunner: Maurice Clabaugh, Waist gunner: Bob Reyburn,Tail gunner: Clark Houston (9 POW); flak, crashed Heierhoeve, Netherlands Missing Air Crew Report 9561. TORNADO JR.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37 478 336
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Heierhoeve, Netherlands | 7 October 1944 - 7 October 1944 | Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44. (9 Prisoner of War); shot down by flak, crashed Heierhoeve, Netherlands, Missing Air Crew Report 9561. |
Revisions
corrected crash location from Verliesregister, MACR and Luftwaffe reports.
correct basic information using aircraft card
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9561 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database