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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 #43-37949 , "Nobody Getszit" - 486th BG - 835th BS - Crashed on SEPT 5, 1944 over Brest, France.
Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 21/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-B] Sudbury 2/7/44; {15m} Missing in Action Stuttgart 5/9/44 with Art Eacham, Co-pilot: Edgar Berry, Navigator: Vic Durley, Bombardier: Bob Petry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Pitman, Radio Operator: Clayton Reiter, Ball turret gunner: Harry Light,Tail gunner: Ed Long (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Jim Jent (evaded capture); mid air coll with 43-37866 (486BG), crashed Coataudun, E of Brest, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8460. NOBODY GETSZIT.
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...
Squadron
*Taken from the official web page of the '486th Bomb Group Association' (https://486th.org/BS835/index.htm)*
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest inB-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest on 9/5/44 in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed at Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed at Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 5 September 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8460 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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