42-102953 Sky Ann
388th BG - 563rd BG- 8th AF 388th Bomb Group collection
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Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 13/5/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [P] Knettishall 16/5/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Bernard Lord, Co-pilot: Don Trachsel, Navigator: Irving Podolska, Bombardier: Walter Norwicki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Bradley, Radio Operator: Garland Vaughn,Tail gunner: Chas Valente (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bland Carter, Waist gunner: Wesley Road (2 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 43-38404 (388 BG), crashed just outside Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9380. SHY ANN.
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- Date: 4 June 1944
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
22 April 1944 | Collided with B-17G 42-38404 | |
Assigned |
16 May 1944 | ||
Other Mid Air Collision/Destroyed |
28 September 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database