43-38059

media-47893.jpeg UPL 47893 43-38059 "Chesty-V" from the 34th Bomb Group

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Object Number - UPL 47893 - 43-38059 "Chesty-V" from the 34th Bomb Group

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Lincoln 14/7/44; Grenier 11/8/44; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 12/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Capt Oscar Hanson, Co-pilot: Roy Kiern, Radio Operator: George Simpson, Ball turret gunner: Larry Layton (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Don Topping, Bombardier: Lindsay Lipscomb, Waist gunner: Sid Brown,Tail gunner: Joe Burton (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Shull (evaded capture); flak, crashed Sommerda, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10841.



Records indicate it received direct flak hit in #1 engine just after bombs away. The aircraft violently slid under the formation losing 2-3000 feet altitude. Engine caught fire and the prop was reported later as windmilling. About five minutes after being hit the engine blew up and tore of the wing sending the plane into a dive straight down.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Sidney C Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner

Joe N Burton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Oscar T Hanson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Roy C Keirn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Lawrence D Layton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 November 1944 Missing in Action Merseburg flak. Received direct flak hit in #1 engine just after bombs away. The aircraft violently slid under the formation losing 2-3000 feet altitude. Engine caught fire and the prop was reported later as windmilling. About five minutes after being hit the engine blew up and tore off the wing sending the plane into a dive straight down. Five to nine chutes reported. Crashed Sommerda, Germany. With 391BS. Pilot: Oscar T. Hanson. Missing Air Crew Report # 10841. 1 Evaded, 4 Killed, 4 Prisoner of War.

Revisions

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ContributorRayWells
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Updated bio with info from Valor to Victory website

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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http://valortovictory.tripod.com/1944-11.htm

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10841 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 47893 - 43-38059 "Chesty-V" from the 34th Bomb Group