42-30062

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Gore 14/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 18/5/43; Kearney 22/5/54; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-O] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43 as BASTARD’S BUNGALOW, then TERRY ‘n TEN (TNT); Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Art Scoggins (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Les Patterson, Navigator: Ed Davis, Bombardier: Bill Cooney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Queale, Radio Operator: Phil Sheinfeld, Ball turret gunner: Ed Gonzales, Waist gunner: Joe Holp, Waist gunner: Earl Rutherford,Tail gunner: Willis Ray (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Leeseringen, four miles S of Nienburg/Weser, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2383. REILLY'S RACEHORSE.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William J Cooney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edward O Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Edward R Gonzales

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Joseph F Holp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Leslie R Patterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database