42-31393

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [N] Knettishall 14/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Don Walker (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Claud Patat, Navigator: Bill Underwood, Bombardier: Jack Terry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Danckwerth, Radio Operator: Bob Strough, Ball turret gunner: Bob Adams{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Sam Swim, Waist gunner: Theo Bower,Tail gunner: Mike Kozak (9 Prisoner of War); flak dame including fire in bomb bay, crashed Lodge Giebel, near Parsau, 17 miles N of Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4243. SNAFU aka SNAKY.

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Units served with

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 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37508772
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-886978
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 April 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4243 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database