41-9026 Baby Doll
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Boeing B-17E
41-9026
Baby Doll
Polebook, England (342BS/97BG) – March 1942
Bovingdon, England (327/92BG) – 24 August 1942
Missing In Action – 6 September 1942
Shot down by Overfeldwebel Wilhelm Roth (4/JG26) over the English Channel.
No survivors.
Part of strike force on VIII Bomber Command Mission 1 (17 August 1942).
One of the first two 8AF Boeing B-17s to be lost in combat (6 September 1942).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36171665
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-442761
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-724194
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19011638
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14037422
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 August 1942
- Official Description:
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16489; Mission description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.; Formatted description; added crash event location etc.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16489 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database