42-30274 Our Bay-Bee
MACR 402
Delivered Cheyenne 8 May 1943; Gore 9 May 1943; Smoky Hill 17 May 1943; Dow Field 5 June 1943; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-Q] Horham 15 June 1943; 5 missions. Missing in Action Regensburg 17 August 1943 with a 335BS crew. Pilot 1st Lt Walter A. Baker; Navigator: 2nd Lt Cedric L. Nussbaum; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T/Sgt Alvin O. Forney; Radio Operator: T/Sgt Walter T. McDermott; Right Waist gunner: S/Sgt William H. Binnebose Jr (Wounded in Action); Left Waist gunner: S/Sgt Roscoe J. Alderman; Tail gunner: S/Sgt Albert G. Bergeron (7 Prisoner of War). Co-pilot: 2nd Lt Martin G. Minnich; Bombardier: 2nd Lt Henry P. Sarnow; Ball turret gunner: Sgt John White (3 evaded capture, with the help of the Belgian COMETE evasion network). Attacked by enemy aircraft on the route going into the target. Was last sighted south of Eupen, Belgium. The damaged aircraft left the formation and 7 chutes were seen to leave the ship, after which the plane exploded. Crashed Mol, SE of Turnhout, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report : MACR 402. For more details about OUR BAY-BEE and its crew, go to http://www.aircrewremembered.com/gallery/index.php?/category/6
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675363
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797372
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734984
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11114696
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Mol, Belgium | 17 August 1943 - 17 August 1943 | Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43. Cause - enemy aircraft damage, dropped back and crashed in Mol, SE of Turnhout, Belgium; (3 x EVD, 7 x POW) - Missing Air Crew Report MACR 402. |
Revisions
Removed some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Corrected pilot's first name in Biography; the crew was from the 335BS, the plane from the 334th...
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 402 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database