Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5058, nicknamed
"Hun Hunter."
Missing in Action February 16, 1943, while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Molac, France. Eight crew were killed and two were captured and held as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 15947.
KIA were:
2LT Leonard E Duncan, O-726020, PA, Co-Pilot
2LT Robert R Mericle, O-661531, SD, Bombardier
TSGT Ralph A Livengood, 13038105, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Herbert H Burnette, 34117996, NC, Radio Operator
SSGT Erban L Jones, 39675343, UT, Tail Gunner
SSGT Howard M Jones, 36372081, UT, Right Waist Gunner
SSGT Carl E Olson Jr, 39306439, OR, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Michael J Stanko, 33169339, PA, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Pittsburgh, PA, September 9, 1941.
"Hun Hunter."
Missing in Action February 16, 1943, while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Molac, France. Eight crew were killed and two were captured and held as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 15947.
KIA were:
2LT Leonard E Duncan, O-726020, PA, Co-Pilot
2LT Robert R Mericle, O-661531, SD, Bombardier
TSGT Ralph A Livengood, 13038105, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Herbert H Burnette, 34117996, NC, Radio Operator
SSGT Erban L Jones, 39675343, UT, Tail Gunner
SSGT Howard M Jones, 36372081, UT, Right Waist Gunner
SSGT Carl E Olson Jr, 39306439, OR, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Michael J Stanko, 33169339, PA, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Pittsburgh, PA, September 9, 1941.
Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5058, nicknamed
"Hun Hunter."
Missing in Action February 16, 1943, while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Molac, France. Eight crew were killed and two were captured and held as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 15947.
KIA were:
2LT Leonard E Duncan, O-726020, PA, Co-Pilot
2LT Robert R Mericle, O-661531, SD, Bombardier
TSGT Ralph A Livengood, 13038105, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Herbert H Burnette, 34117996, NC, Radio Operator
SSGT Erban L Jones, 39675343, UT, Tail Gunner
SSGT Howard M Jones, 36372081, UT, Right Waist Gunner
SSGT Carl E Olson Jr, 39306439, OR, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Michael J Stanko, 33169339, PA, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Pittsburgh, PA, September 9, 1941.
"Hun Hunter."
Missing in Action February 16, 1943, while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Molac, France. Eight crew were killed and two were captured and held as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 15947.
KIA were:
2LT Leonard E Duncan, O-726020, PA, Co-Pilot
2LT Robert R Mericle, O-661531, SD, Bombardier
TSGT Ralph A Livengood, 13038105, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Herbert H Burnette, 34117996, NC, Radio Operator
SSGT Erban L Jones, 39675343, UT, Tail Gunner
SSGT Howard M Jones, 36372081, UT, Right Waist Gunner
SSGT Carl E Olson Jr, 39306439, OR, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Michael J Stanko, 33169339, PA, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Pittsburgh, PA, September 9, 1941.
Inscription
TSGT, 364 AAF BOMB SQ, 305 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Burial October 3, 1949.
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