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  1. Ben Lambert

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    Looking for any information about my Uncle Ted Reed who was in the 351st BG, 508th Squadron. He was the pilot of B-17 Aircraft 42-30785 (Vox Pop) which was shot down on 4 Oct 1943, Frankfurt Germany. The MACR #908 of this last mission is unavailable to me as I have been told it was destroyed in a fire at an Air Force base long after the war ended. He was KIA along with 2 others in his crew. The remaining 7 survived and were POWs.
    The crew list is as follows:

    Pilot, 1st Lt Reed Theodore W Jr SN# 0-792633 508 KIA - MACR 908
    CoPilot, 2nd Lt Bourland William P 0-735516 508 POW - MACR 908
    Naviagator, Capt Stover Lawrence P 0-662107 508 POW - MACR 908
    Bombardier, 1st Lt Feldstein Alex A 0-733297 508 KIA - MACR 908
    TopTurret, T/Sgt Browne Donald K 15073818 508 POW - MACR 908
    Radio Operator, T/Sgt Spencer Edward A 19080481 508 POW - MACR 908
    Left Waist Gunner, Sgt Ford Donald S 13070975 508 POW - MACR 908
    Right Waist Gunner, S/Sgt Wallace Thaddeus C 14137568 508 POW - MACR 908
    Ball Turret, S/Sgt Fontana Frank Jr 12026644 508 KIA - MACR 908
    Tail Gunner, Sgt Hagan John P 19053519 508 POW - MACR 908

    Does anyone have any info as to whether or not a copy of MACR 908 exists and if so how I can get it...or if any of the surviving crew may still be alive and if so what is their contact info.

    Thanks,
    Ben Lambert
    benlambert235@gmail.com
     

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