42-29957 Helno Gal II
From the Ram family via the 94th BG Facebook page
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 June 1943 |
Revisions
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.
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.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15556 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database