42-3040 Miss Ouachita

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Miss Ouachita"of the 91st Bomb Group. media-408208.jpg FRE 3620 The nose art of B-17F serial 42-3040 "Miss Ouachita" (coded OR-Q) of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

RAGGED IRREGULARS OF BASSINGBOURN by Marion Havelaar & William N. Hess.

Object Number - FRE 3620 - The nose art of B-17F serial 42-3040 "Miss Ouachita" (coded OR-Q) of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.

Delivered Denver 23/1/43; 303BG Molesworth 11/4/43; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-U] Thurleigh 17/4/43; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-Q] Bassingbourn 23/8/43; Missing in Action 18m Gutersloh 22/2/44 with Spencer Osterbegg, Navigator: Morris Roy, Bombardier: George Zebrowski, Radio Operator: Harry Klem, Ball turret gunner: Sam Aldridge, Waist gunner: Clay Morningstar, Waist gunner: Alex Siatkowski,Tail gunner: Jay Milowski (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Van Beran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lambert Brostrom (2 Killed in Action); shot down by Maj Heinz Baer, and crash landed near Bexten, N of Lingen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2457. MISS QUACHITA.



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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

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Jay Milewski
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16032031
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 21 February 1944

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AAMIB

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PLANE NAMES & FANCY NOSES by Ray Bowden

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2457 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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