42-97555 Island F For Fox

Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '59089 A.C. PFF planes such as these flying high above German targets were able to see covered objectives thousands of feet below mirrored as small clusters of light in the screen of the Mickey instrument which they caried. The revolving micro-wave antenna which sends out and picks up impulses is housed in the covered "blister" in back of the bomb ba media-379309.jpg FRE 873 Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '59089 A.C. PFF planes such as these flying high above German targets were able to see covered objectives thousands of feet below mirrored as small clusters of light in the screen of the Mickey instrument which they caried. The revolving micro-wave antenna which sends out and picks up impulses is housed in the covered "blister" in back of the bomb bay doors. AN/APS-15. "U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO"' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 873 - Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on...

Delivered Denver 19/12/43; Langley 12/1/44; Mitchell 28/1/44; Assigned PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ-F] Snetterton 29/1/44; transferred 95BG Horham 30/1/44 as (H2X); 7m, transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-F] Thorpe Abbotts 31/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/7/44 with Jim Noble, Co-pilot: Bob Lipps, Navigator: Bob Barry, Xn-Edmund Kauffman, Bombardier: Marcus Hertz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Cruz, Radio Operator: Russ Ellis, Tail gunner: Fred Swartz, Capt Floyd Mason {mission pilot} (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill McNalley, Waist gunner: Art Roberts (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Offdilln, N of Dillenberg,, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7880. ISLAND F FOR FOX.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert W Barry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704573
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Frank Cruz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Russell F Ellis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Marcus M Hertz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edmund J Kauffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 698725
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

28 July 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7880 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-97555: Gallery (2 items)

Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '59089 A.C. PFF planes such as these flying high above German targets were able to see covered objectives thousands of feet below mirrored as small clusters of light in the screen of the Mickey instrument which they caried. The revolving micro-wave antenna which sends out and picks up impulses is housed in the covered "blister" in back of the bomb ba

Object number: FRE 873 - Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F...