43-37511 Jill's Jalopy

media-19666.jpeg UPL 19666 Taxi accident involving B-17G 42-107043 (Lawrence E. Fiychette) and 43-37511x (Cleatus G. Lemmons) at Deenethorpe on 2 June 1944. Both 613BS/401BG/8AF.

Object Number - UPL 19666 - Taxi accident involving B-17G 42-107043 (Lawrence E. Fiychette) and 43-37511x (Cleatus G. Lemmons) at Deenethorpe on 2 June 1944. Both...

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 5/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 23/5/44; 614BS [IW-Y], 615BS [IY-L]; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Melvin Fish, Navigator: Gene Cramer, Bombardier: Ken Lucas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Smith, Radio Operator: Melvin Warren, Waist gunner: John Hanchak (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Leslie Hauss, Ball turret gunner: Bill Cook,Tail gunner: Jim Huff (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #4, crashed Klein-Thondorf, NE of Uelzen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8204. JILL’S JALOPY.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Missions

  • Date: 25 August 1944
  • Date: 18 August 1944
  • Date: 13 August 1944
  • Date: 9 August 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are  wearing  flying gear.  There is also some gear lying in front of the men.
  • Date: 8 August 1944

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fitch's Bandwagon
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

24 August 1944

Revisions

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ContributorSwamp Fire
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Sources

Roger Freeman's B-17 Flying Fortress Story describes the Aircraft in this photo as Fitch's Bandwagon 42-107043 RCL- IN-B...

B/D crashed at Pas de Calais 03/08/44

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8204 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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