42-29957 Helno Gal II

media-37779.jpeg UPL 37779 Walter F Ram with his .50 Calibre Walter F Ram

From the Ram family via the 94th BG Facebook page

Object Number - UPL 37779 - Walter F Ram with his .50 Calibre

Delivered Denver 17/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG Bassingbourn 22/4/43; [GL- ] Earls Colne 12/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Pilot: Willard Roemke, Top Turret Gunner/Flight engineer: Herman Hilbert, Ball turret gunner: Chuck Lewis, Waist gunner: Tom Hamilton, Waist gunner: Paul Hunt, Tail gunner: Elson E. (Jack) Frost (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wilbur Meyer, Bombardier: Bradford Moore, Navigator: Wilton Power, Radio Operator: Walter Ram (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Kiel, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 15556. HELNO GAL II.

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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: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 June 1943

Revisions

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ContributorWalter
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Sources

Source: Walter Ram (crewmember) interview, and printed in book that he authored, HELNO-GAL, A Survivor's Story of World War II and the Infamous Stalag 17.

Date
ContributorWalter
Changes
Sources

Source: Walter Ram (crewmember) interview, and printed in book that he authored, HELNO-GAL, A Survivor's Story of World War II and the Infamous Stalag 17

(Note: Transcription error made a few minutes ago. It is now corrected.) W. Ram, Jr. 

Date
ContributorWalter
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Sources

Source: Walter Ram (crewmember) interview. 

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15556 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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