42-37988 Flag Ship
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Object Number - UPL 40383 - B17 42-37988 95th Bomb Group, with Flak damage
Delivered Denver 5/11/43; Kearney 14/11/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-M] Horham 3/12/43; 27m, Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with John Vilberg, Navigator: Adrien Caignon, Bombardier: Bill Weston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph McCleod, Radio Operator: Pete Pollreis, Ball turret gunner: Jim O’Neill, Waist gunner: Vernon Alberes, Waist gunner: Lou Isaac,Tail gunner: Glenn Gregory (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Victor Ennis (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Nendorf, 13 miles W of Steinhuder Lake, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4470. FLAGSHIP.
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- Date: 6 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
29 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4470 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database