B-17 Flying Fortress #42-3498, nicknamed "Hap's Hazard/ aka Red Head" was shot down by enemy fighter aircraft while on a bombing mission to Berlin. The aircraft spun in and crashed two miles south of Osterholz, 25 miles north of Hanover, Germany. None of the crewmembers could bail out. Missing Air Crew Report 4582.
The Crew:
● 1LT James F Son, O-813431, AZ, Pilot
● FLT O Edward R Cahill Jr., T-122284, OH, Co-Pilot
● 2LT John P Dryden, O-694655, IL, Navigator
● SSGT Roswell J Spoor, 12005972, NY, Bombardier
● SSGT Dominick De Filippis, 32784790, NY, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
● SSGT Jack Keck, 33397443, PA, Radio Operator
● SSGT Lloyd C Barnes, 18053732, OK, Waist Gunner
● SGT Earl J Mayer, 36482015, IL, Ball Turret Gunner
● SGT Harold S Blackmer, 16087347, MI, Waist Gunner
● SGT Howard M Thomas, 39568802, CA, Tail Gunner
B-17 Flying Fortress #42-3498, nicknamed "Hap's Hazard/ aka Red Head" was shot down by enemy fighter aircraft while on a bombing mission to Berlin. The aircraft spun in and crashed two miles south of Osterholz, 25 miles north of Hanover, Germany. None of the crewmembers could bail out. Missing Air Crew Report 4582.
The Crew:
● 1LT James F Son, O-813431, AZ, Pilot
● FLT O Edward R Cahill Jr., T-122284, OH, Co-Pilot
● 2LT John P Dryden, O-694655, IL, Navigator
● SSGT Roswell J Spoor, 12005972, NY, Bombardier
● SSGT Dominick De Filippis, 32784790, NY, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
● SSGT Jack Keck, 33397443, PA, Radio Operator
● SSGT Lloyd C Barnes, 18053732, OK, Waist Gunner
● SGT Earl J Mayer, 36482015, IL, Ball Turret Gunner
● SGT Harold S Blackmer, 16087347, MI, Waist Gunner
● SGT Howard M Thomas, 39568802, CA, Tail Gunner
Inscription
1LT, 571 AAF BOMB SQ, 390 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Buried February 24, 1950.
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