42-102525
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG Molesworth 9/4/44; transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-R] Snetterton 10/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Chas Birdsey, Co-pilot: Bill Hayes, Navigator: Alf Hauser, Bombardier: John Bailey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Bondy, Radio Operator: Bill Baumann, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ball, Waist gunner: John Burke, Waist gunner: Dick Kennedy, Tail gunner: Jack Roseborough (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Holtorf, near Schwarmerheide, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4576.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
8 May 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. pages 137, 146, 293
Change name of Top Turret Gunner from Ed Bandy to Ed Bondy based on information sent to AAM from his Nephew (Charles Bondy)
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4576 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database