42-29682 Easy Aces / Ten Aces

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Syracuse 14/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 25/4/43.



MIA Emden 21/5/43 Pilot: Olaf Ecklund, Co-Pilot: Harry Port, Navigator: Theo Liebig, Bombardier: Henry Schoedel, Tail Gunner: Byron Burns (5POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lou Poznar, Radio Operator: Joe Conley, Ball Turret Gunner: Marsile Lambert, Waist Gunner: Frank Watts, Waist Gunner: Bill Tiday (5KIA).



Flak & Enemy aircraft, crashed Pewsum, near Canum, N of Emden, Germany. EASY ACES. (‘TEN ACES’)

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/?s=liebig;
"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log