44-6619 Big Gas Bird Darling Dot
Delivered Lincoln 23/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-S] Rougham 11/10/44 BIG GAS BIRD; Missing in Action Kaiserlautern 23/12/44 with Marvin Lander, Jim Groblewski, Bill Schmid, Dick Hall, Walt Lancaster, Norman Palme (6 Prisoner of War); Ed Lindholm, Joe Phillipone (2 Returned to Duty); J.C. Barbee (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wolflingen, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 11346. DARLING DOT.
Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 'Darling Dot' #44-6619 attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, A/C crashed near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44. 2 x RTD, 6 x POW, 1 x KIA. MACR 11346.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2062862
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32215006
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-005472
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Lincoln Air National Guard Base, Lincoln Airport, W Furnas Ave, Lincoln, NE 68524, USA | 23 September 1944 | Delivered to USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
54459 Wiltingen, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 'Darling Dot' 44-6619 attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, A/C crashed near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44. 2 x RTD, 6 x POW, 1 x KIA. MACR 11346. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA | Built at Douglas for Boeing. | |
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Assigned |
Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, UK | Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database