42-97223

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-H] Horham 13/3/44; 2m, Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Alva Powell, Co-pilot: Luther Whitten, Navigator: Jim Beam, Bombardier: Alton Hill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Parizek, Radio Operator: Fred Keating, Ball turret gunner: Dick Gaulke, Waist gunner: Rino Ricardi, Waist gunner: Don McNeilbody washed up weeks later near Kolberg,Tail gunner: Clyde Trimbath (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #1 & #3 and knocked off wing tip, ditched Baltic Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 3807.

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Francis Beam

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-703887
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Richard Harvey Gaulke

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36810352
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Alton Shelby Hill

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18119382 / O-756880
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Frederick Arthur Keating

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32784686
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Donald James McNeil

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36459498
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Presque Isle Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is

United Airlines modification center, Cheyenne

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field

Missions

8th Air Force 298

Date: 11 April 1944

8th Air Force 295

Date: 10 April 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR)		11 April 1944 - 11 April 1944	Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44. Enemy aircraft KO’d #1 & #3 and knocked off wing tip, ditched Baltic Sea. (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR3807.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

11 April 1944 - 11 April 1944

Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44. Enemy aircraft KO’d #1 & #3 and knocked off wing tip, ditched Baltic Sea. (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR3807.