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Pilot Captain Thomas F. Mansfield, O-023165 (MIA / KIA) MS Crew 2nd Lt. Irving Berman, O-724007 (MIA / KIA) NJ Crew 2nd Lt. John J. Cape, Jr., O-426363 (MIA / KIA) MA Crew 1st Lt. Lyle A. Slocum, O-432103 (MIA / KIA) ND Crew Sgt Oral V. Paul, 6937817 (MIA / KIA) SD Crew Pvt Edwin T. Bottelson, 36314082 (MIA / KIA) IL Crew Pvt Wilfred M. Hellenbrand, 36234999 (MIA / KIA) WI Crew Cpl Edgar L. Rogers, Jr., 14061909 (MIA / KIA) TN Crew Pvt John W. La Bar, Jr., 15099278 (MIA / KIA) IN MIA June 4, 1942 MACR none Aircraft History Built by Boeing at Seattle. Constructors Number 2556. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force as B-17E Flying Fortress serial number 41-9084. Wartime History Assigned to the 11th Air Force (11th AF), 28th Bombardment Group (28th BG), 36th Bombardment Squadron (36th BS). No known nose art or nickname. Mission History On June 4, 1942 took off piloted by Captain Thomas F. Mansfield on a bombing mission against Japanese warships roughly 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor. This B-17 made a bombing attack from 800' against the warships but was shot down by Takao before getting into range. When this B-17 failed to return from the mission it was officially declared Missing In Action (MIA). Memorials The entire crew was officially declared dead on January 12, 1946. All are memorialized at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) on the courts of the missing on court 7. The entire crew is also memorialized at the Memorial To The Missing in Anchorage, AK. Berman also has a memorial marker at Silk City Benevolent Association Cemetery, Woodland Park, NJ. Slocum also has a memorial marker at Ellendale City Cemetery in Ellendale, ND. Paul also has a memorial marker at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, SD at MA site 2. Bottelson also has a memorial marker at Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth, MN. Hellenbrand also has a memorial marker at Saint Peters Cemetery in Ashton, WI. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-17E Flying Fortress 41-9084 "9084 (36th BS) missing after attacking Japanese warship Jun 4, 1942" American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - Thomas F. Mansfield American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - Irving S. Berman American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - John J. Cape Jr. American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - Lyle A. Slocum American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - Oral V. Paul American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - Edwin T. Bottelson American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - Wilfred M. Hellenbrand American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - Edgar L. Rogers, Jr. American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) - John W. La Bar, Jr. FindAGrave - Capt Thomas Franklin Mansfield (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - CPT Thomas Franklin Mansfield (memorial marker photo) FindAGrave - 2Lt Irving Berman (photo, memorial marker photo) FindAGrave - 2LT Irving Berman (photo, memorial marker) FindAGrave - 2LT Irving Berman (memorial to the missing photo) FindAGrave - Lieut John J Cape, Jr (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 1Lt Lyle Asa Slocum (photo, courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 1LT Lyle Asa Slocum (photo, memorial marker photo) FindAGrave - 1LT Lyle Asa Slocum (memorial to the missing photo) FindAGrave - Sgt Oral Verne Paul (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SGT Oral Verne Paul (memorial marker photo) FindAGrave - Pvt Edwin T Bottelson (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - PVT Edwin T. Bottelson (memorial marker photo) FindAGrave - PVT Edwin T Bottelson (memorial to the missing photo) FindAGrave - PVT Wilfred M. Hellenbrand (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Pvt Wilfred M Hellenbrand (memorial marker photo) FindAGrave - PVT Wilfred M. Hellenbrand (memorial to the missing anchorage photo) FindAGrave - Corp Edgar Leland Rogers, Jr (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SGT Edgar Leland Rogers, Jr (memorial to the missing photo) FindAGrave - Pvt John W LaBar, Jr (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - PVT John W Labar, Jr (memorial to the missing photo) The Thousand-Mile War (1995) pages 144-145, footnote referencing Steve Birdsall research The Last Flight of Bomber 31 (2004) page 287 Thanks to Jim Sawruk for additional information Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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