44-8246 unknown name MIA 11-2-44 with 493BG

B-17G-55-VE

July 9, 1944 Delivered to Dallas

July 22, 1944 to Hunter

September 10, 1944 to Grenier

September 16, 1944 Assigned to the 861^st Squadron, 493^rd Bomb Group, Debach

Loaned to the 4^th Squadron, 34^th Bomb Group, Mendlesham

Listed in Helton's Hellcats

As with 493BG, 861st Squadron

Mission #85 October 30, 1944 44-8246 with 493BG

November  2, 1944 MIA on mission to Merseburg with Capt. Vernon G. Alexander. Hit by flak and crashed at Sommerda, Germany. 4 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 10169.