43-38172 2 Sad Lovely Julie
Object Number - UPL 13097 - Picture of the plane (43-38172) in which my uncle, George E. Abbott, was togglier and was killed by a direct flak hit 10-15-1944 over Cologne,...
Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/44; Kearney 12/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-P] Nuthampstead 13/8/44; battle damaged Cologne 15/10/44 with Lawrence DeLancey; the aircraft was hit by flak after bombs away, then a shell exploded in the nose killing toggler/bomb. Sgt George Abbott and destroying almost all instruments, including oxygen and blowing off almost the entire nose. DeLancey dropped to lower altitude still under fire, and a sub-zero gale blowing through the fuselage, he managed to bring his battered ship home, making a safe landing despite no brakes. Rest of crew:- Co-pilot: Phil Stahlman, Navigator: Ray LeDoux, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Ruckel, Radio Operator: Wendell Reed, Ball turret gunner: Al Albro, Waist gunner: Russ Lachman, Tail gunner: Herb Guild (8 Returned to Duty). Salvaged Abbotts Ripton 2 SAD. LOVELY JULIE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19061627 / O-768822
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16088431
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-699463
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Combat damaged |
Cologne, Germany | 15 October 1944 | Battle damaged Cologne 15/10/44. Aircraft was hit by flak after bombs away, then a shell exploded in the nose killing toggler/bomb. Sgt George Abbott and destroying almost all instruments, including oxygen and blowing off almost the entire nose. Pilot Lt DeLancey dropped to lower altitude still under fire, and with a sub-zero gale blowing through the fuselage, he managed to bring his battered ship home, making a safe landing despite no brakes. [8 x RTD, 1 x KIA]. |
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Other Salvaged |
Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 17 October 1944 | Salvaged Abbotts Ripton. |
Revisions
AAM DB Entry.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=43-38172
B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force by Martin Bowman.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
AAM DB Entry.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=43-38172
B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force by Martin Bowman.
This information comes from 398th.org. These are some associated pages:
http://www.398th.org/History/Articles/Remembrances/Ostrom_FortressHome…
http://www.398th.org/History/Articles/News/Stateman_Capi_B-17toBase.html
http://www.398th.org/History/Articles/StarsAndStripes/19441015_DeLancey…
http://www.398th.org/History/Veterans/Voices/Transcriptions/Interview_S…
http://www.398th.org/Awards/DFC/DFC_Citations/DFCs_441202.html#anchor_D…
http://www.398th.org/FlakNews/Articles/Stahlman_Story.html
http://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Aircraft_B-17/Aircraft/43-38172-3O-P…