Second Lieutenant, B-17F Flying Fortress Co-Pilot, 815th Bombardment Squadron, 483rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II, Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
Missing Air Crew Report 3908: Killed in Action during a mission to Nis, Yugoslavia (16 Apr 1944) when they were forced to ditch, Boeing B-17F tail #42-2979, in the Mediterranean Sea after being hit by enemy flak (a large hole in the right wing just behind engine No. 3) and falling out of formation. Some of the crew managed to bail out, the others were killed or declared missing in action. Those reported missing were officially declared dead on 18 August 1945.
Missing Air Crew Report 3908: Killed in Action during a mission to Nis, Yugoslavia (16 Apr 1944) when they were forced to ditch, Boeing B-17F tail #42-2979, in the Mediterranean Sea after being hit by enemy flak (a large hole in the right wing just behind engine No. 3) and falling out of formation. Some of the crew managed to bail out, the others were killed or declared missing in action. Those reported missing were officially declared dead on 18 August 1945.
Second Lieutenant, B-17F Flying Fortress Co-Pilot, 815th Bombardment Squadron, 483rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II, Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
Missing Air Crew Report 3908: Killed in Action during a mission to Nis, Yugoslavia (16 Apr 1944) when they were forced to ditch, Boeing B-17F tail #42-2979, in the Mediterranean Sea after being hit by enemy flak (a large hole in the right wing just behind engine No. 3) and falling out of formation. Some of the crew managed to bail out, the others were killed or declared missing in action. Those reported missing were officially declared dead on 18 August 1945.
Missing Air Crew Report 3908: Killed in Action during a mission to Nis, Yugoslavia (16 Apr 1944) when they were forced to ditch, Boeing B-17F tail #42-2979, in the Mediterranean Sea after being hit by enemy flak (a large hole in the right wing just behind engine No. 3) and falling out of formation. Some of the crew managed to bail out, the others were killed or declared missing in action. Those reported missing were officially declared dead on 18 August 1945.
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2 LT 815 BOMB SQ 483 BOMB GP (H) GEORGIA
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Entered the service from Georgia.
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