Murray David Altman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39991 was crippled by ME109s and after the rest of the crew baled out, the 2 pilots and the radio operator made an emergency landing SW of St Pol, France. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report #2741.

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People

Clarence P Leibring

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Dwight H McCracken

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Eleven 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.

Edward Joseph O'Leary

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Bernard Frank Zyglowicz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35374670
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-31274

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sea Hag
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-31495

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-3440

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Broadway Rose
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

42-37727

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Elise
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-37785

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Little Barney
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 210

Date: 5 February 1944

8th Air Force 187

Date: 21 January 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42-37779) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama", of the 91st Bomb Group in flight during a mission over France, 14 January 1944.

61036 AC - (A)- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Gp. 8th AF, enroute to bomb target at Croisette, France. 1/14/44. (Altitude 12,100 feet.)

VIII Bomber Command 171

Date: 31 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 169

Date: 30 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 159

Date: 20 December 1943

Places

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Jackson Heights, New York, USA	24 March 1919
Other Assigned	Grafton Underwood NN14, UK	11 September 1943	Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 11 September 1943, Walter Richard Carpenter Crew. 19 combat missions.
Other Killed In Action	62130 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France	4 March 1944	Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery Maspeth Queens County New York, USA Plot: Soc.:AMERBROTH; Path:35R; Gate:EL-2; Grave:3; Map:429

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Jackson Heights, New York, USA

24 March 1919

Other

Assigned

Grafton Underwood NN14, UK

11 September 1943

Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 11 September 1943, Walter Richard Carpenter Crew. 19 combat missions.

Other

Killed In Action

62130 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France

4 March 1944

Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery Maspeth Queens County New York, USA Plot: Soc.:AMERBROTH; Path:35R; Gate:EL-2; Grave:3; Map:429

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