42-30020 Sweet Eloise
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 4872 - A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (VE-N, serial number 42-30020) of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 6 September 1943. Handwritten caption on...
Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 25/5/43 with Pilot: 1LT Jack Painter, Co-pilot: 2LT Everett Ragan, Navigator: 2LT William Keays, Bombardier: 2LT Lloyd Duke, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: S/Sgt Matt Kowalski, Radio Operator: S/Sgt William Balentine, Right Waist Gunner: S/Sgt Raymond Genz, Ball Turret: S/Sgt Allen Kellogg, Left Waist Gunner: S/Sgt Norman Whitman, Tail Gunner: S/Sgt James Mizell (10 Returned to Duty); On ferry trip from Bovingdon crash landed at base (Ridgewell), pilot retracted landing gear instead flaps 10/6/43; Salvaged AFSC 16/6/43 (first loss in group). SWEET ELOISE.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34129005
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734658
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37268430
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736866
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37198577
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
info updated courtesy of Chris Lewis, nephew of S/Sgt Norman G. Whitman, Left Waist Gunner on 42-30020 "Sweet Eloise"
Updated info courtesy of Chris Lewis, nephew of S/Sgt Norman G. Whitman - Left Waist Gunner on 42-30020 "Sweet Eloise"
