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Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; 2nd AF / 381st BG / 534th BS Smoky Hill 7/5/43 (Squadron original aircraft); Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 8th AF / 1st BW / 103rd CBW (P) / 381st BG / 534th BS [GD-K] Ridgewell 4/6/43 with Bob Fricks, Martin Downey, Ray Lyons, Edwin Vincent, Guy Phillips, Atchmonde Logan, Theo Cason, Dallas Vaughn, Bill Vance, Bob Calhoun;



Missing in Action 10m Anklam 9/10/43 with Maj Landon Hendricks (CO), Co-pilot: Capt Bob Withers, Navigator: Capt Bill Turner, Bombardier: Capt Leo English, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas McNeil, Radio Operator: John Willdridge, Ball turret gunner: Jerome Arbiter, Waist gunner: Ernie O’Hara, Waist gunner: Lloyd Howard, Tail gunner: Lt Bill Duggan (10 Killed in Action) (crew from the 533rd BS); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, last seen N of Texel Is, Holl.; Missing Air Crew Report 887.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12064208
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741891
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot, Tail Gunner, Observer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-731041
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-427643
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37005598
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 9 October 1943

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from load-outs

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from 534th BS load-out sheets

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database