42-30113 Wolfpack
Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Dow Fd 5/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS- ] Earls Colne 8/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Pilot William A. Dauth; Co-pilot: Gordon A. Summers; Navigator: William Baker Ferguson; Bombardier: Dale J. Perkins; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Wiseman, POW, died of pneumonia 8 Hanuary 1944; Radio Operator: Sam D. Giordano; Ball turret gunner: Gordon C. Reese; Waist gunner: Joseph M. Clark; Waist gunner: Paul D. Hays; Tail gunner: William S. Swegle (10 Prisoner of War). Enemy aircraft, crash landed near Renesburg, Germany. No MACR. "WOLFPACK".
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37374474
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Hello,
My grandfather was William Baker Ferguson. He was the navigator (2nd Lt.) on board a B-17 that flew on USAAF Mission #63 - bombing raid over Kiel, Germany on June 13, 1943. They were shot down and he was a prisoner of war in Stalag 3A and Stalag 7A for about two years. Their tail number was 42-30113, ship nicknamed "Wolfpack". His army serial # 0 735 985.
I just recently found a treasure of letters and photos that will support this information, including a letter from Baker's C.O. written to his parents a few months after this mission.