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Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Gore 14/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 18/5/43; Kearney 22/5/54; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-O] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43 as BASTARD’S BUNGALOW, then TERRY ‘n TEN (TNT); Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Art Scoggins (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Les Patterson, Navigator: Ed Davis, Bombardier: Bill Cooney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Queale, Radio Operator: Phil Sheinfeld, Ball turret gunner: Ed Gonzales, Waist gunner: Joe Holp, Waist gunner: Earl Rutherford,Tail gunner: Willis Ray (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Leeseringen, four miles S of Nienburg/Weser, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2383. REILLY'S RACEHORSE.
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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: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database