42-30015 Flyin Hobo
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Object Number - UPL 15051 - This is the "Flyin Hobo" a B-17 - 305BS, 366BG, 40th. WING, out of Chelveston UK. Meredith Matzenbacher was the co-pilot. It was shot down over...
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell 6/4/43 FLYING HOBO with Jim Alexander, Bill McDaniel, Hubert McDaniel, Paul Tull, Gerald Fruit, John Lane, Ed Metcalf, Alphonse Molis, Francis Owens, Bill Howell; 12m transferred 368BS/305BG [BO-A] Chelveston 22/8/43; then 366BS [KY-A]; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Fred Jones, Co-pilot: Meredith Matzenbacher, Navigator: Bill Hux, Navigator: Chas Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Cox, Radio Operator: Ed Mullner, Ball turret gunner: Randall Anderson, Waist gunner: Paul Gay,Tail gunner: Joe Daly (9 Killed in Action), Waist gunner: Don Cameron (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ipweger Moor, near Rastede, S of Oldenburg, Ger.. Missing Air Crew Report 1571.FLYING HOBO.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 November 1943 |