Crew Roster · Personal File
William B. Ferraro
Radio Operator · Cadle Crew
Cpl. William Ferraro served as radio operator on B-24H 41-29656, 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, on the 26 February 1945 combat bombing mission to Berlin. Name appears as 'Perraro' in OCR renderings of the MACR.
Reported missing in action on 26 February 1945. Subsequently returned to duty.
Sortie Log
1 CATALOGUED SORTIE
26 FEB 1945
26 FEB 1945
The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 849
26 FEB 1945
Berlin NorthR/S
B-24H serial 41-29656 departed Hardwick on 26 February 1945 on a combat bombing mission to Berlin. The aircraft was last sighted at 53°00'N - 11°00'E at 1320 hours. Loss was attributed to numbers 3 and 4 engines failing for unknown reasons. Weather at the time was 10/10 layered stratocumulus and altostratus with tops at 14,000-15,000 ft and restricted downward visibility. All 10 crew members were reported as battle casualties, initially listed as MIA and subsequently returned to duty.
41-29656