43-39018 Dinah Mite
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FRE 3948
A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-P, serial number 43-39018) of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that has crash landed at Diepoldsau, Switzerland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G, 43-39018, at Diepoldsau, Switzerland (near Austrian border), 25/2/1945.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 6/12/44; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-P] Snetterton 10/12/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/45 with Don Proctor, Co-pilot: Bill Buzek, Navigator: Dominic Christopher, Bombardier: Francis Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Dobaron, Ball turret gunner: Marbury Councell inj, Waist gunner: Joe Aull, Tail gunner: Bill Fiene (8INT); Radio Operator: Bob Shepherd (Killed in Action); flak, crash landed Deipoldsau, Switz; DINAH MITE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13141606
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
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