About this site

First Lieutenant Merlin Reed. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR
Died 9 March 1944
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Peter Gudyka. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 9 March 1944
American Air Museum

INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA.
Locations: BERLIN (Secondary) BERLIN (Secondary) Brunswick, Germany HANOVER (SECONDARY) NIENBURG (Secondary)
Mission date: 9 March 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant John Heiss. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 9 March 1944
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Emmet Hardy. Military Occupation Specialty 612 - Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9
Died 9 March 1944
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Robert Johnson. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action
Died 9 March 1944
American Air Museum

Technical Sergeant Robert Wellman. Radio Operator Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed i
Died 9 March 1944
American Air Museum

SCREENING MISSION STEEL WORKS CASTING PLANT MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS SCREENING MISSION MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: FRANKFURT FRANKFURT FRANKFURT/MAIN FRANKFURT/OST KASSEL KASSEL
Mission date: 9 March 1945
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Fred Stewart. Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Kassel in B-17 #4483260 2nd Lieutenant Fred K. Stewart was born January 27, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, Sherley and Mary Stew
Died 9 March 1945
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Colonel John Lynch. Pilot, . Born 3 February 1918. From Alhambra California. Joined the USAAC in the late 30's and learned to fly. Lived in Oklahoma and was a pilot instructor there. When the USA didn't enter the war soon enough, he j
Died 9 March 1956
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Young. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Post War: Served in the Korean War. 1962 Retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. 1963-76 Owner/operator Presto Car Wash, St. Petersburg, FL.
Died 9 March 1977
American Air Museum

Captain Peter Huggard. , 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1981
American Air Museum

Technical Sergeant Howard Austin. Military Occupation Specialty 747-Airplane and Engine Mechanic, 384th Bomb Group. •Transferred from the 6th Service Squadron to the 443rd Sub-Depot on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 19 November 1943. &bull
Died 9 March 1985
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Oreste Lottinger. Right Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Rotterdam in B-24 Hot Box #4129374 POW
Died 9 March 1990
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant John Airey. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1995
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Oliver Sigler. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1998
American Air Museum

Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Maurice Curry. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1998
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Colonel John McGinn. Fighter Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Lt Col. John L. McGinn became Commanding Officer of the 338th Fighter Squadron of the 55th Fighter Group.
Died 9 March 2000
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Virgil Bozeman. Assistant S-2 Officer, H2X, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 2007
American Air Museum

Technical Sergeant James Davis. Radio Operator, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW). Re-enlisted as a Sergent in the USAAF in Albany, New York on 12 November 1946. James Davis served in the Air Force in Korea a
Died 9 March 2007
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Raymond Moss. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 2014
American Air Museum