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Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; Grand Island 1/10/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 26/10/43; Missing in Action [23m] Berlin 8/3/44 with Bill Branum, Co-pilot: Odell Stanphill, Navigator: John Sullivan, Bombardier: Edwin Nicholls, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob House, Radio Operator: John Noonan, Ball turret gunner: Curtis Lillard, Waist gunner: Ernie Peiffer,Tail gunner: Maurice Michalek (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ken Pyle (KIA-died in Lazarette hospital due to compound fracture of his leg); enemy aircraft, KO’d #2 & set fire to wing, crashed Poucher Forest, six miles SE of Bitterfeld, 25 miles W of Torgau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2990. HEAVENLY BODY.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2990 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database