42-30155

media-35400.png UPL 35400 B-17F 42-30155 warming up before take-off, Chelveston, 29 June 1943 (official USAAF photo)

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Object Number - UPL 35400 - B-17F 42-30155 warming up before take-off, Chelveston, 29 June 1943 (official USAAF photo)

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C/E] Chelveston 31/5/43; force landed RAF St Eval 4/7/43, ret 12/8/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Percy Hoag, Co-pilot: Lonnie McGee, Navigator: Hubert Fraker, Bombardier: Chas Howell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Rosenkoff, Radio Operator: Albert Croce, Ball turret gunner: Bob LaFontaine, Waist gunner: Burnette Dethlefsen, Waist gunner: Charles Maerser,Tail gunner: Lyman Franklin (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed mouth of Eider River, off Vollerweik, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1684.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39839543
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • 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
  • Service Numbers: O-750133
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier; Navigator, Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 5 January 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorRayWells
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Info from Stewart Evans via Facebook

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ContributorED-BB
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Added photo & made connections

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1684 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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