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Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 11/4/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 27/4/44 with Capt Ashley Guynn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Thomas,Tail gunner: Ernie Hernandez (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Rich Bender, n/b-Edmund Hollister, ng-S/Sgt-John Northrup, Radio Operator: George Swingle, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Weiss, Waist gunner: Ed Kucinski, Waist gunner: Chas Mouser (7 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft set ship on fire which exploded, most wreckage falling in the Channel; the Killed in Actionrecovered near Killem, 12 miles E of Dunkirk, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4299.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 27 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4299 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database