43-37972 Tin Lizzy / Ula Lume
Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 22/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-F] Thorpe Abbotts 8/7/44 TIN LIZZY; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-J] Sudbury 9/7/44; {17m} Missing in Action Munster 5/10/44 with Dean Coy, Co-pilot: Martin Haemmerle, Navigator: Burton Colan, Bombardier: Bob Coyle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Brown, Radio Operator: Merrill McDonald, Ball turret gunner: Howard Grant, Waist gunner: Adam Klosowski, Tail gunner: Alvin Birkelbach (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zutphen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 9528. ULA LUME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38420509
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 723506
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 820432
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 708070
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 5 October 1944 |
Revisions
Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability
Added an association to “Sudbury Airfield” per info listed A/C description section.
Added associations to the 349BS & 100BG as listed in the A/C description.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9528 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database