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B-17 Flying Fortress
A bomber crew of the 486th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38001) nicknamed "Oh Miss Agnes". Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Oh Miss Agnes" B-17G # 338001. 835 Sqdn, 486th Bomb Gp, Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Standing left to right: Carl Runge, Navigator, Dick Allbright, Pilot, Bob Miller, Co pilot. Middle Row: Red Cochill, ball gr, Bernie Poole, Tail gr. Left to right. Front row, left to right: Styles Westbrook, Waist gr, Pop Davison, Flight Engineer, Milton Carmack, Nose gunner, Junior Raines, Radio op.'
Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 10/7/44; transferred 835BS/486BG [H8-B] Sudbury 27/10/44; 58m Missing in Action Dresden 17/4/45 with Dick Allbright, Co-pilot: Bob Miller, Navigator: Carl Runge, Bombardier: Milton Carmack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Merle Davison, Radio Operator: Junior Raines, Ball turret gunner: Edgar Coghill, Waist gunner: Styles Westbrook,Tail gunner: Bernie Poole (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Saaz, Czecko.. Missing Air Crew Report 14197. (last 486 crew shot down) OH MISS AGNES.
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 | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001
Military | Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
18 missions. Shot down on 19th over Brux, Austria (mission to Dresden) on 17 April 1945 in B-17 #4338001 'Old Miss Agnes. ' Escaped and evaded until 5 May. Prisoner of War (POW).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ POW
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Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 486th Bomb Group
Crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #43-38001, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Dresden on 17 Apr 45 in B-17 'Old Miss Agnes' #4338001
Military site : airfield
Lavenham was built as a standard USAAF bomber airfield, with fifty hardstandings, T2 hangars and 2,000 and 1,400 feet runways. John Laing and Son Ltd. carried out the work in 1943, and the airfield opened in April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group occupied...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 17 April 1945 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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