42-30049 Miss Deal
Object Number - UPL 64997 - William R. Feagin, Waist Gunner, 544th Bomb Squad, 384th Bomb Group. KIA on 25th June 1943, 42-30049, Mission No. 67
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-F] Grafton Underwood 30/5/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is. 25/6/43 with John Way, Ball turret gunner: Chas Crawford, Waist gunner: Bill Feagin (body washed up 7/7/43), Tail gunner: Ray Dodge (body washed up later) (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Stephen Fabian, Navigator: Bob Jansen, Bombardier: Tom Corrigan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hill, Radio Operator: Edmund Gadomski, Waist gunner: Albert Westlake (6 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft & flak damage, crew bailed then ship exploded and crashed into Dollart Bay, estuary of River Ems between Holland & Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 16349. MISS DEAL.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34163642
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17109015
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35477792
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 25 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 25 June 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16349 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database