42-31180

media-13245.jpeg UPL 13245 Crew of B17 #42-31180 92nd Bombardment Group, 326th Bomb Squadron
Back Row, from left to right: Sgt Herman Rahn (radio), S/Sgt. Lewis Lilly (waist gunner), Sgt. Paul McDade (ball turret), M/Sgt. Nathan Grant (engineer), Sgt. Chester Zahaba (tail gunner), and Sgt. Samual Smith (waist gunner). Front row, left to right, Lt. Robert Clayton (pilot), Lt. Leon Cavender (co-pilot), Lt. John Gaibrath (navigator), Lt. Paul Alexander (bombardier).

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Object Number - UPL 13245 - Crew of B17 #42-31180 92nd Bombardment Group, 326th Bomb Squadron Back Row, from left to right: Sgt Herman Rahn (radio), S/Sgt. Lewis Lilly (waist...

Delivered Denver 28/9/43; Gr Island 18/10/43; Nashville 24/10/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG PY-U] Podington 23/11/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 24/2/44 with Bob Clayton*, Co-pilot: Leon Cavender*, Navigator: John Galbraith*, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nathan Grant*, (*all 326BG) Radio Operator: Herman Rahn, Ball turret gunner: Paul McDade, Waist gunner: Lewis Lilly,Tail gunner: Chester Zahaba (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Paul Alexander, Waist gunner: Sam Smith (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Klein Bokern, Bersenbruck, four miles E of Furstenau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2854.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684277
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746300
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Belgium 24 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2854 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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