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Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Presque Is 25/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-K] Grafton Underwood 9/4/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Scott Briley, Co-pilot: Marcel Letourneau, Bombardier: Vince Consoli, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Ward, Radio Operator: Carl Hitchcock, Ball turret gunner: Karl Stauffer, Waist gunner: John Allen, Waist gunner: Jim McLain, Tail gunner: Ralph Voorhees (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Dexter Warren (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Vielbrunn, near Bad Konig/Odenwald, 19 miles SE of Darmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3874.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38089757
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751249
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18188670
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19186235
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O1040135
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 13 April 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3874 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database