42-97485 Taletha Ann

media-38515.jpeg UPL 38515 "A crew of the 525th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose in front of a Boeing B-17 "Taletha Ann" at an 8th air force base in England on 22 March 1944."

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Object Number - UPL 38515 - "A crew of the 525th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose in front of a Boeing B-17 "Taletha Ann" at an 8th air force base in England on 22 March...

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 28/12/43; Presque Is 8/1/44; Prestwick, UK 18/1/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG Kimbolton 29/1/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 26/3/44 with Stan Bielawski, Co-pilot: Tom Young, Navigator: Bob Weinstein, Bombardier: Ray Domergue, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leo Greggs, Radio Operator: Ed Ghiazza, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Colin, Waist gunner: George Frazier, Waist gunner: Edwin Finance,Tail gunner: Lester Fifield (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, N of Hazebrouck, seven miles NE of St Omer, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3592. TALETHA ANN.



The aircraft was named for top turret Gunner Leo Greggs' daughter.

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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

Stanley Leonard Bielawski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16029354 / O-735027
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Bernard M Conlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17000080
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Raymond Eugene Domergue

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13058970 / O-738541
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Lester Fifield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32575091
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Edwin George Finance

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31145650
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 26 March 1944

Revisions

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ContributorBmoore
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Bob Moore husband of Leo Greggs' daughter Taletha Ann.

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ContributorBmoore
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Bob Moore, husband of Leo Greggs' daughter Taletha Ann.

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Contributorjfifield
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My Father was the Tail-Gunner on this aircraft.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3592 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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