42-31508 Command performance
Delivered Denver 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; RAF Valley 7/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-Q] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Alf Vokaty, Co-pilot: Bill Cambrell, Navigator: Shea Schacter, Bombardier: Chas Strode, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Boros, Radio Operator: Ron Halpin, Ball turret gunner: Howard Crull, Waist gunner: John Campbell (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Roy Sanders, Tail gunner: Warren Canter (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set #2 on fire, then gas tanks, crashed Kaiburg, four miles E of Aschaffenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3938. COMMAND PERFORMANCE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36449527
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747060
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35310871
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803717
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3938 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database