42-97848 Silver Wings
Left : 42-97614
Right: 42-97848
Rear: 43-37847
Object Number - UPL 35306 - "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses en route to bomb Merkwiller, Germany on 3 August 1944." Left : 42-97614 Right: 42-97848 Rear: 43-37847
Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Kearney 8/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-M] Podington 4/5/44; transferred 327BS [UX-M]; Missing in Action Altenburg, Ger 13/9/44 with Jack Peck, Co-pilot: Gil McMahon, Navigator: Edwin Yaksh, Bombardier: Bob Reynolds, Ball turret gunner: Bob Pemberton, Waist gunner: Dick Martin, Tail gunner: Jim Greene (7 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sanderson Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: Theo Franklin (2 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed near Schaffen Afd, near Diest, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 10286. SILVER WINGS.
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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: 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: 15125402
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36457149
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19049240
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817250
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-706269
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Stapleton Airfield : Stapleton International Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Godfrey Army Airfield : Bangor Army Airfield : Dow AF Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Manchester Airport, New Hampshire
- Site type: Airfield
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 2 June 1944
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Merseburg raid details |
13 September 1944 | See link http://92ndma.org/missions/44913merseburg.htm | |
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
13 September 1944 | Missing in Action Altenburg, Ger 13/9/44 enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed near Schaffen Afd, near Diest, Bel; 2 x RTD 7 x KIA MACR 10286 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10286 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10286 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
