42-31388
Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Memphis 18/11/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-A] Thurleigh 21/12/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 11/2/44 with Geno Dibetta, Co-pilot: Earl Wolf, Radio Operator: Clyde Hewitt, Waist gunner: Leonard Bergeron, Waist gunner: Guy Golden, Tail gunner: Eldo Weseloh (6 evaded capture); Navigator: Raymond Feilbach, Bombardier: Jerroll Sanders, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fortunato Chiccarelli `Wounded in Action` (3 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: James Coleman (Killed in Action); flak KO’d #3 & enemy aircraft set ship alight, crashed between Wavignies and Campremy, 15 miles NE of Beauvais, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2527. For the full story of the six evaders, go to https://www.evasioncomete.be > Enter > Fiches > select DiBetta Geno in the alphabetical list. His page has links to the five others of his crew.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11083443
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31201167
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741890
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 11 February 1944 |
Revisions
Own research for the pages of the 6 evaders for website https://www.evasioncomete.be
E&E Reports
MACR 2527
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2527 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database