42-30038 Bar Fly

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 4/5/43; Hill 12/5/43; Wendover 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-D] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action convoy attack 25/6/43 with Paul Schmalenbach, Co-pilot: George Cox, Bombardier: Jack Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Beck, Waist gunner: Tony Russo, Tail gunner: Lew Priegel (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Brown, Radio Operator: Frank Podbielski, Ball turret gunner: Norman Goodwin wounded in attack and his left leg was amputated in hospital and Ret US, Waist gunner: Bill Lucas (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, ditched 12 miles N of Wangerooge Is. Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 270. BAR FLY.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38189068
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35303694
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13045061 / O-663573
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 June 1943

Revisions

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Added a space in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 270 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database