42-29701 In The Mood
Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-B] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action 1m Kiel 19/5/43 with Bob Mansfield, Navigator: Dave Nash, Bombardier: Sid White (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Jasinek, Radio Operator: Elmer Peterson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Anchors, Waist gunner: Cliff Coyle, Ball turret gunner: Louis Strumolo, Waist gunner: Willard Backman, Tail gunner: Tom Higgins (7 KIA); flak hit #3 which was smoking badly, bombs were dropped then ditched Baltic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 15719. IN THE MOOD.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34187874
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39022182
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17011798
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16050802
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735382
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 19 May 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
Baltic Sea | 19 May 1943 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15719 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database