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Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/2/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 9/2/44; 547BS/384BG [SO- ] Grafton Underwood 19/2/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Norman DeFrees, Co-pilot: George Hunt, Navigator: Ivan Moody, Bombardier: Ellis Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Moore, Radio Operator: Bill Wright, Ball turret gunner: Luther Smith, Waist gunner: John Ecker, Waist gunner: Harley Hallam,Tail gunner: Jack Kushner (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wesel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2465.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Norman Francis DeFrees

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-740763
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John E Ecker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Harley Ross Hallam

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37232434
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. A man in overalls is standing on the the wing of the airplane

George S Hunt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Jack Kushner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Belgium 22 February 1944

Revisions

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Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/SortieReport.php?SortieKey=1…

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2465 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database