B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-107105 / Margie Mae

Delivered Tulsa 22/4/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44; no ops, transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-L] Chelveston 22/5/44; Missing in Action Anklam 4/8/44 with Thaddeus Littlefield (POW-picked up by Danish fishing boat off Gedser, Den.); Co-pilot: Dick Rist, Navigator: Joe Hibner, Bombardier: Pat Bastone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Glasser, Radio Operator: Herb Cummings, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Calloway, Waist gunner: Earl Caldwell,Tail gunner: Tom Davis (8KIA-all bailed but only 6 bodies recovered); flak damage, headed for Sweden but crashed Baltic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 7703. MARGIE MAE.