42-30201 Shedonwanna
Added official caption
US Air Force official photo at Fold 3 https://www.fold3.com/image/55703812
Object Number - UPL 41012 - '1st Lt Lester (NMI) Baum of New York, NY, in his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Shedonwanna?". England, 6 August 1943. 560th Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb...
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 7/5/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/6/43 TIGER GIRL; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Earl Melville, Radio Operator: Frank Aldenhoevel, Waist gunner: Bill Borchert, Tail gunner: Walt Creamer (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Stone, Navigator: John Pronek, Bombardier: Bill Pastrick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Lotter, Ball turret gunner: Morris Wickersham, Waist gunner: Bernard Tuvman (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Voves, 12 miles SE of Chartres, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3124. SHEDONWANNA ?
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- Date: 24 July 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
6 September 1943 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database