42-3023 Boozenose

Delivered Rapid City 14/12/42; Memphis with Bob Gates, force landed Kansas City Apt. 7/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-V] Presque Is 18/5/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-F] Kimbolton 8/6/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is, 25/6/43 with Tom Simones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Polcover, Ball turret gunner: Joe Noonan, Waist gunner: Norbert Meyer,Tail gunner: Norman Schoolcraft (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jack Schmitt, Navigator: Hal Aebischer, Bombardier: Thornton Baker, Radio Operator: Gerald Metthe, Waist gunner: Fred Hartt (5POW-all caught by farmers and home defense with Baker evading Nazi Youth for the longest of them all; five days); enemy aircraft, crashed near Brahe, East Friesland, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1365. BOOZENESS.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734526
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 June 1943

Revisions

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ContributorMegJ7
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Sources

Baker's grandchild

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1365 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database