42-3031 Nitemare

media-50745.jpeg UPL 50745 Casualty Report for 42-3031 "Nitemare" 324th BS, 91st BG

Object Number - UPL 50745 - Casualty Report for 42-3031 "Nitemare" 324th BS, 91st BG

Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 26/7/43 with Jim Randall, Co-pilot: Vernon Brack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Johnson, Waist gunner: Dave Ramsey, Waist gunner: Byron Brunty, Tail gunner: Chas Murray (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: George Guy, Bombardier: Bob Cadilek, Radio Operator: John Monahan, Ball turret gunner: Bob Oyler (4 Killed in Action); sustained flak damage, dropped back crashed Nindorf, 10 miles SE of Rotenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 201. NITEMARE.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Officers of B-17 Flying Fortress 42-3031 "Nitemare" - 324th Squadron, 91st BG  (photo possibly taken during training in Texas). Left to right: James Rendall, Vernon Brack, George Guy, Robert Cadilek
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Officers of B-17 Flying Fortress 42-3031 "Nitemare" - 324th Squadron, 91st BG  (photo possibly taken during training in Texas). Left to right: James Rendall, Vernon Brack, George Guy, Robert Cadilek
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19122414
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Officers of B-17 Flying Fortress 42-3031 "Nitemare" - 324th Squadron, 91st BG  (photo possibly taken during training in Texas). Left to right: James Rendall, Vernon Brack, George Guy, Robert Cadilek
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 26 July 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

 

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 201 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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