Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #44-8263. While on a mission to strike oil depots in Germany, his aircraft was struck in the right wing by anti-aircraft artillery shells and went down at Innien, Germany (known as the municipality of Aukrug), about 22 miles south-southwest of Kiel.
Eight crewmembers were Killed In Action and one survived and was taken prisoner. Missing Air Crew Report № 11565.
The crewmembers KIA were:
1LT Leslie C Carter, O-761235, CA, Pilot
2LT Robert A Koch, O-822470, IL, Co-Pilot
1LT John J Russell, O-723694, NY, Navigator
1LT Joseph E Rozell, O-772079, NY, Bombardier
TSGT Leonard W Guse, 37344523, CO, Radio Operator
TSGT Moe Hut, 12145645, NY, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
SSGT Fernando A Barreda, 38213215, TX, Ball Turret Gunner
SSGT Robert C Belh, 42080925, NJ, Flexible Gunner
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Enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, September 7, 1942.
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Mother: Amelia (Tolano) Barreda.
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #44-8263. While on a mission to strike oil depots in Germany, his aircraft was struck in the right wing by anti-aircraft artillery shells and went down at Innien, Germany (known as the municipality of Aukrug), about 22 miles south-southwest of Kiel.
Eight crewmembers were Killed In Action and one survived and was taken prisoner. Missing Air Crew Report № 11565.
The crewmembers KIA were:
1LT Leslie C Carter, O-761235, CA, Pilot
2LT Robert A Koch, O-822470, IL, Co-Pilot
1LT John J Russell, O-723694, NY, Navigator
1LT Joseph E Rozell, O-772079, NY, Bombardier
TSGT Leonard W Guse, 37344523, CO, Radio Operator
TSGT Moe Hut, 12145645, NY, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
SSGT Fernando A Barreda, 38213215, TX, Ball Turret Gunner
SSGT Robert C Belh, 42080925, NJ, Flexible Gunner
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Enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, September 7, 1942.
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Mother: Amelia (Tolano) Barreda.
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