42-97678 The Birmingham Jewell

media-27897.jpeg UPL 27897 B-17G 42-97678 "The Birmingham Jewell", belonging to the 525th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group. Its bomb tally has 35 marks Standing middle is Eng/TTG T/Sgt. William Dittamore, with the far right man being waist gunner S/Sgt. Edward Zolnierzak. The picture is dated 14 September, 1944.

379th BG records

Object Number - UPL 27897 - B-17G 42-97678 "The Birmingham Jewell", belonging to the 525th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group. Its bomb tally has 35 marks Standing middle is...

Delivered Denver 25/1/44; Kearney 15/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-J] Kimbolton 11/4/44; 525BS; Missing in Action Chemnitz 127m 3/2/45 with Bill Webber, Ray Weatherbee, Carl McHenry, Bill Wells (4 Killed in Action); Jim Kiester, Tom Pickett, Harry Francis, Bill Scarffe, Bennett Howell (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ilvenstadt, Ger; THE BIRMINGHAM JEWEL (JEWELL).

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James Theodore Kiester

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19136285 / O-928977
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Leonard Walter Leedy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 525th Bomb Squadron 379th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 15339303
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Lieutenant Masoni of the 379th Bomb Group with Barbara Deans after crash landing his B-17 Flying Fortress in Deans' garden, 4 July 1944. Passed as censored 5 Jul 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Independence Day Incident[obscured] American Bomber Lands In Garden In Southern England. With two engines out of commission and several of the crew wounded by flak, an American four-engined bomber returning from an early morning raid on targets in Normandy made a belly land

Oswald J Masoni

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 145162243
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert P McGee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T1819
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Carl E McHenry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 3 February 1945 Shot down around 11:02 by three BF 109s.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12217 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Contributorcody1947
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379th BG records

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Online archives

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12217 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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