42-29584 Sad Sack

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/43; Salina 23/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 429BS/2BG Navarin 19/3/43; (2m) Missing in Action Villaorba airfield, Italy, 18/3/44 with Pilot Clifford E. Magnuson; Co-pilot: Theodore G. Lauterbach; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert E. Smith; Radio Operator: Vernon A. Jensen*; Right Waist gunner: Joe C. Ferguson; Left Waist gunner: Leo C. Rossi; Tail gunner: Ira W. Parker Jr*; Navigator: Raymond E. Horne Jr*; Bombardier: Raymond L. McKee*; Ball turret gunner: Laurence H. Meidl (Killed in Action) - (* = all from 463rd BG); gas leak #2 tank, six chutes seen, crashed near Cerknica and Postonja, Slovenia. Freeman's book has "cr Nova Mesto", which is wrong. "Nova Mesto" was the place above which Rossi mentions he bailed out and it should be spelled Novo Mesto, about 70km East of the "Cerknica" mentioned as crashing location by Vernon Jensen. Seven men managed to evade capture and 2 were POWs : Raymond Horne and Raymond McKee. Missing Air Crew Report 3253. SAD SACK.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: O-694373
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745120
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Service Numbers: O-745135
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37316870
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Roger Freeman's "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story"
Wallace R. Forman's "B-17 Nose Art Directory"
MACR 3253

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log