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Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; 2nd AF / 381st BG / 534th BS Smoky Hill 7/5/43 (Squadron original aircraft); Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 8th AF / 1st BW / 103rd CBW (P) / 381st BG / 534th BS [GD-K] Ridgewell 4/6/43 with Bob Fricks, Martin Downey, Ray Lyons, Edwin Vincent, Guy Phillips, Atchmonde Logan, Theo Cason, Dallas Vaughn, Bill Vance, Bob Calhoun;
Missing in Action 10m Anklam 9/10/43 with Maj Landon Hendricks (CO), Co-pilot: Capt Bob Withers, Navigator: Capt Bill Turner, Bombardier: Capt Leo English, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas McNeil, Radio Operator: John Willdridge, Ball turret gunner: Jerome Arbiter, Waist gunner: Ernie O’Hara, Waist gunner: Lloyd Howard, Tail gunner: Lt Bill Duggan (10 Killed in Action) (crew from the 533rd BS); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, last seen N of Texel Is, Holl.; Missing Air Crew Report 887.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12064208
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741891
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot, Tail Gunner, Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731041
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-427643
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37005598
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 9 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database