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He flew 5 missions in this B-17, 43-38423.
https://merrillscharmen.wordpress.com/ This is my father's complete diary and more.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/8/44; Kearney 12/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 27/8/44; transferred 391BS/34BG [3L-N] Mendlesham 28/8/44; on mission 27/9/44 with ? . (8 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dotson (Killed in Action); Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Clarry Sproul, Navigator: Rex Martin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Guilford Spence, Ball turret gunner: Joe Krystof, Waist gunner: Alan Seimsen,Tail gunner: Fred LeMaster (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Austin Fryer, Bombardier: Bill Flanigan, Radio Operator: Leroy Cole (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Tossener Dike, Hol?. Missing Air Crew Report 11372.
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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: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11096096
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
31 December 1944 |
Revisions
From notes printed from Valor to Victory. My father Merrill E Scharmen flew a total of 6 missions in this plane. In my search for finding the names of his planes, this one had none. If anyone knows it please share.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11372 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database