42-97261 Skylark

media-39676.jpeg UPL 39676 B17 42-97261 Tail damage 379th Bomb Group

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Object Number - UPL 39676 - B17 42-97261 Tail damage 379th Bomb Group

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 28/2/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-P] Kimbolton 8/4/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Jim Wheat, Co-pilot: Leslie Neilsen, Navigator: Walt Cooney, Bombardier: George Berner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Calvin Deckor, Radio Operator: George Maisch, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sullivan, Waist gunner: Bob Mercado, Tail gunner: Alvin Carter (9 Returned to Duty); flak, on return ditched North Sea eight miles off Gt Yarmouth, Nfk, UK, all rescued.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Walter M Cooney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 702185
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William C Goodman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34403543
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William J Sullivan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James R Wheat

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 753957
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
Contributorcody1947
Changes
Sources

Descriptions from former Crewman; Descriptions from the family of Top turret Gunner David Willey (who still has his bomber jacket from WWII) with the Nose Art of Skylark written on the back and 379th BG records Historian Richard Lewis

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 39676 - B17 42-97261 Tail damage 379th Bomb Group

Object number: UPL 39677 - B17 42-97261 Tail damage 379th Bomb Group