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Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Gore 9/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Field 15/6/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; Missing in Action Wesermunde 26/7/43 with Glenn Duncan, Co-pilot: Bill Lehr, Navigator: Bill Henderson, Bombardier: Roy Martinez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Purdy, Radio Operator: Jim Soward, Ball turret gunner: John Towle, Waist gunner: Chas Propst, Waist gunner: Frank Ramsey, Tail gunner: Jim Brophy (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, set on fire & ditched North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 191A.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17028527
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 26 July 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 191 A / MACR 191 C / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database