42-30068 Phartzac

Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Gore 10/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 13/5/43; Kearney 23/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-P] Podington 29/5/43; Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; transferred 561BS/388BG Knettishall 6/43; Missing in Action Woensdrecht 19/8/43 with Bill Howe, Co-pilot: Paul Gruhn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Hiller, Radio Operator: Steve Toth, Ball turret gunner: Dale Butt, Waist gunner: George Connolly, Waist gunner: Bill Stamp, Tail gunner: Bill Ryan (8 Killed in Action), Navigator: Art Pilley, Bombardier: Joel Tutt (2 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #4, crashed in field between Haamstede & Renesse, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 3068. PHARTZAC.

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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
The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Portrait of Gale Cleven, 100th Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-399782
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33248223
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680630
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20156212
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

19 August 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3068 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database