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media-38030.jpeg UPL 38030 "Crew of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 'Pegasus' at an airbase in England 13 Oct 1943."

Rear L-R: 2Lt John T Brown, 1Lt Charles B Miller, 2Lt Joseph D McGovern, 2Lt Kenneth M Kelley.

Front L-R: T/Sgt Cecil R Sinclair, S/Sgt Leslie G Thibodeau, T/Sgt John Ellis Lower, S/Sgt Bernard J Shaw, S/Sgt Eugene S Budzbanowski, S/Sgt Richard E Ratley.

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Object Number - UPL 38030 - "Crew of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 'Pegasus' at an airbase in England 13 Oct 1943." Rear L-R: 2Lt John T Brown, 1Lt Charles B Miller, 2Lt...

Delivered Cheyenne 30/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 563BS/388 Knettishall 4/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 23/3/44 with Don Filler, Co-pilot: Hugh Wetzel, Bombardier: Bill Findlay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Rechlin, Ball turret gunner: Harry Asmussen (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Morin, Radio Operator: Ray Brennan, Waist gunner: Ben Adams, Waist gunner: Loren Humble,Tail gunner: Ray Wilson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Walle, 11 miles NW of Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3541.

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Donald Filler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672586
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham Seaton; and Flying Officer S.W. Brown of No 258 Squadron, RAF shelter under a P-47 Thunderbolt in Burma. Printed caption on reverse: 'British Official Photograph. AN OFF-SPELL IN BURMA 1945/12/14. Resting in the shade under the wing of a RAF Thunderbolt on a forward airstrip in Burma are (left to right) Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar of St Clair, Clarville, Northbank Avenue, Kirkintilloch, Scotland; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham

William E Findlay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-752744
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leon D Humble

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Kenneth M Kelley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Ellis Lower

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35514265
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 23 March 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3081 / MACR 3541 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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