42-29937
Delivered 13/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Presque Is 29/4/43; Assigned 306BS/306BG [BO-N] Thurleigh 23/5/43; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 27/6/43; Missing in Action Rennes 23/9/43 with Leslie Braidenthal, Bombardier: George Padgett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Small, Radio Operator: Jim McKinley, Ball turret gunner: Mike Pitzo, Waist gunner: Joe Mayo, Waist gunner: Gordon Shaw, Tail gunner: Waldo Rickett (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Arnold Wornson, Navigator: Sid Elskes (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Rennes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1051.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735741
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36408642
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner / Togglier / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Rennes, France | 23 September 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1051 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database