43-38566
-566 was piloted by the Foss Crew. -270 with the Webb Crew crashed. The full Foss crew on that mission was:
P-Clifford W. Foss
CP-Otho J. Quick
N-Myron M. Loyet
B-James H. Shaver, MIA. - taken POW, Stalag Luft 1 - survived war, deceased 1995
TTG-Edward F. Myers, MIA.
RO-Theodore E. Otto
BTG-Robert W. Houston
TG-Gail E. Anderson, Jr.
WG- Johnnie P. Bevilacqua
Uploaded
Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Lincoln 6/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-T] Gt Ashfield 25/9/44; returning from Osnabruck 21/11/44 with Cliff Foss (Cobb), Otho Quick, Myron Loyet, Theo Otto, Bob Houston, John Bevilcqua, Gail Anderson (7 Returned to Duty); Jim Shaver, Ed Myers (2 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with 43-38270 (385BG), but returned and repaired; Missing Air Crew Report 10468; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.
Connections
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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: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35558862
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39921566
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818657
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-716294
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39213948
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 21 November 1944 |
Revisions
Photos originally from navigator Myron Loyet and Bill Varnedoe (385th historian)
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10468 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database