42-97255
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 12/3/44; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Bill Osterkamp, Co-pilot: Leo Hughes, Navigator: Ken Perlitch, Bombardier: Harry Solomon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Newell Ballard, Radio Operator: Elwood Tobias, Ball turret gunner: Leo Collins, Waist gunner: George Taylor, Waist gunner: Jim Evans, Tail gunner: Jim Whitehead (10 KIA - one body hit stabilizer); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea off Rostock, Ger.
Missing Air Crew Report 3777.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18178125
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12089529
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14092958
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-814905
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806030
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Rostock, Germany | 11 April 1944 | |
Crashed |
Rostock, Germany | 11 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3777 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database