42-31895 Miss-Chief
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Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Presque Is 3/2/44; Grenier 11/2/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 16/2/44; Missing in Action Misburg/Hamburg 31/12/44 with Paul Carroll, Co-pilot: Harry Winger, Navigator: George Klare, Bombardier: Cliff Averett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irvin Olson, Radio Operator: Lee Westman, Ball turret gunner: Larry Isola, Waist gunner: Otis Ross, Tail gunner: Fred Bracken (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Wesermunde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11365. MISS CHIEF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34820787
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18046726
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-774532
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 420th Air Service Group 493rd Bomb Group 330th Station Complement Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751964
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, thereafter Flight Control Officer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 31 December 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 31 December 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Information from Randy Holliday, son of Lt. Reg C. Holliday, CP on crew of Lt. Mark Gummersall.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11365 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database