42-31800

Delivered Denver 16/12/43; Gt Falls 21/12/43; Kearney 2/1/44; Presque Is 29/1/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-U] Thorpe Abbotts 29/1/44; 350BS [LN-U]; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Sherwin Barton, Co-pilot: George Davidson, Navigator: John Burcht, Bombardier: Bernie Smolens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harvey Moore, Radio Operator: Jack Robins, Ball turret gunner: Bob Taylor, Waist gunner: Paul Morris, Waist gunner: Frank Foldy, Tail gunner: Jim Powell (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ochsenmoor, near Hude on Dummer Lake, nine miles S of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3021.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 37233555
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6964028
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 16170690
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-747681
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 12168686
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3021 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database