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Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; Oklahoma City 12/1/44; Kearney 16/1/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-T] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; Missing in Action Marienburg 9/4/44 with George Schock, Co-pilot: Elliott Gadd, Navigator: Ehrhardt Mittendorf, ng-Sgt Jim Yeater, Radio Operator: Chas Hawkins, Ball turret gunner: Lester Van Gorkum, Waist gunner: Morton Hamm (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Patrick Benker, Tail gunner: Chas Mitchell (2 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lucian Shannon (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Ulsnis, near Steinfeld, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3653.
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- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 8 March 1944
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
9 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3653 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database