42-97561 Bachelor's Heaven
Connection made based on aircraft information.
Object Number - FRE 4129 - Police examine the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crashed in Felixstowe. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Police...
Delivered Denver 21/12/43; 1SAG Langley 12/1/44; Scott 18/1/44; Langley 21/1/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG Snetterton (H2X) 3/2/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-S] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/44; on practice mission 7/11/44 with John Dyatt, co-pilot: Capt Stan Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Gustavson, passenger: LAC Archie Coward (RAF clerk), passenger: LAC Les Orrom (RAF ord), passenger: Cpl Dave Postlethwaite (RAF armorer) (6 Killed in Service); Navigator: Ralph Bohisson (WIS), Bombardier: Preston Wallace, lead nav-Harry Tennenbaum, Radio Operator: Nelson McClain, Waist gunner: Gus Kienitz, Tail gunner: Cornelius Romano WIS, passenger: Fl/Lt Duck King (i/c RAF party) WIS (7 Returned to Duty); recorded that flare set off to indicate lead ship exploded in fuselage, aircraft caught fire and crashed Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK. destroying cottages and a chapel, salvaged 9/11/44. BACHELOR'S HEAVEN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699460 (WWII) / O-31492 (1948) / 2998A (1955 on)
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander / Group Air Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32926308
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32673800 / O-814444
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-769323
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1944
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 July 1944
- Date: 17 July 1944
- Date: 16 July 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
7 November 1944 | On practice mission 7/11/44. Recorded that flare set off to indicate lead ship exploded in fuselage, aircraft caught fire and crashed Felixstowe, Suffolk. destroying cottages and a chapel. (7 x RTD, 6 x KIS). | |
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Other Salvaged |
9 November 1944 | Salvaged. |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "Tennenbaum" was misspelled.