Posted By Laura Edge on May 27, 2005 at 05:39:37:
In Reply to: Missions B.17 42-3042( 96BG. 337BS.) posted by Jean-Paul Favrais on May 02, 2005 at 14:53:49:
B-17 serial#42-3042. See MACR 3984. All crew members KIA as their plane crashed into the sea when returning to England during the 29 May 1943 mission to Rennes.
Pilot: 1 Lt. Jack McMath
CP: Ernie Dickenson
N: 2Lt. Edwin Martin
B: 1 Lt. William Perterson
R O: T Sgt. Lear Godbey
TT: T Sgt. Gerald Olsen
BT: S Sgt. Arthur Shilo
WG: S Stg. Raymond Masiero
WG. S Stg. Harry Boegahalz
TG. S/Sgt. Virgil Gregory
May 1943 was the first month for the 96th Bomb Group.