43-37744
Delivered Cheyenne 17/12/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 20/6/44; Missing in Action Munster 5/10/44 with Harvey Green, Co-pilot: Joe Geiseler{Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Murray Sklaroff{Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Frank Sage, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Bassetti, Radio Operator: Bill Usrey, Ball turret gunner: Bolec Nowicki, Waist gunner: Martin McGowan, Waist gunner: Paul Neubeck{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Carl Smythers (10 Returned to Duty); flak & enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crash landed Castelraij, 12 miles NW of Venlo, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 9765. FINAL APPROACH.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 326694?0
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-556374
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner, waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 5 October 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9765 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database