42-97474

media-50971.jpeg UPL 50971 42-97474 Homing Pigeon Hutchinson & Cortright

Hutchinson & Cortright

Object Number - UPL 50971 - 42-97474 Homing Pigeon

Delivered Denver 26/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 15/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Francis Fridgen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Brennan, Radio Operator: Bill Reilly, Ball turret gunner: Garrett Bartle (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dave Waller, Navigator: Paul Ehrmann, Bombardier: Phil Palmer, Waist gunner: Oliver Gaby (4 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Walt Abernathy,Tail gunner: Lowell Slayton (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Ostendorf church, Opherdicke/Westfalia, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2934. HOMING PIGEON.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14151619
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12164378
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 22 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2934 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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