41-9051 Flaming Mayme

Assigned 342BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; 327BS/92BG Bovingdon, then 326BS [UX-O] (?407)] /9/42; col with #41-9021 in taxi accident with Roland Sargeant 25/6/43; repaired and transferred 813BS/482BG Alconbury 1/9/43; detailed UK navigation operation 14/9/43, with Capt William C. Anderson 813th BS CO), Co-pilot: 1st Lt Robert J. Sudbury, Navigator: Capt Raymond R. Oeftiger, Bombardier: 2nd Lt Raymond E. Diltz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: S/Sgt Bryson R. Hills, Radio Operator: S/Sgt Robert L. Jacobsen. Passengers: Lts Theodore R. Doe and Clarrence H. Ballagh; Majors Tom C. Henderson 482BG, Henry B. Williams 1BW (10 Killed in Service); crashed Skiddaw Mountain, 20 SSW Carlisle at Keswick, Cumberland, United Kingdom. Written off 21/1/44. FLAMING MAYME.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10940312
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37168383
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12028582 at enlistment, then O-405635
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Robert Sudbury
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726503
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: O-908213
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Passenger

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added associations to the 342BS & 97BG as listed in the A/C description.

 

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ContributorED-BB
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Corrected nickname (from "Hell on High Ground: World War II Air Crash Sites" by David W. Earl.
Completed names of men on board in the BIO

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log