42-29803 Flat Foot Floogie

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29803) nicknamed “Flat Foot Floogie” of the 305th Bomb Group. media-379006.jpg FRE 1140 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29803) nicknamed “Flat Foot Floogie” of the 305th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1140 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29803) nicknamed “Flat Foot Floogie” of the 305th Bomb Group.

Delivered Denver 22/2/43; Gore 8/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-D] Alconbury 8/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; 4m, transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-Q/E] Chelveston 17/6/43 FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE; 534BS/381BG [GD-P] Ridgewell 11/9/43; 6m/381 Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bernardo Yorba, Co-pilot: Gordon Childers, Navigator: Martin Dall, Bombardier: Wilbur Roberson, Radio Operator: Edgar Gracey, Tail gunner: Johnnie Johnson (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Gorgone, Ball turret gunner: Bob Boylan, Waist gunner: Ken Huitt, Waist gunner: Mike Feller (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, and ship exploded, crashed Hausen, three miles E of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1037.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35292918
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802250
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673488
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12042502
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31083156
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hausen, Germany 14 October 1943 - 14 October 1943 Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43. Cause - enemy aircraft KO’d #3, and ship exploded, crashed Hausen, three miles E of Schweinfurt, Germany. (6 x POW, 4 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 1037.

Revisions

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1037 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space to the A/C “Description” for readability.

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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AAM DB Entry.
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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1037 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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