42-3132
Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/43; Smoky Hill 14/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG, with Capt Larry Elstead, Co-pilot: Fred Plyley, Navigator: Jim Courtright, Bombardier: Art Ciccarello, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Brown, Radio Operator: Lowell Lindblom, Ball turret gunner: Art McKinley, Waist gunner: Art Mahoney, Waist gunner: Alf Garretson, Tail gunner: Tom O’Moore (10 Killed in Service); en route from Gander, Nfd. to Prestwick, Scotland, and to Kimbolton 23/4/43; radio op in another B-17 heard SOS call presumed from ‘3132, no trace found. Missing Air Crew Report 3726.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37121164
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31080046
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15104156
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36350752
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792151
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
Atlantic Ocean | 23 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3726 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database