42-30411 Rose Marie, Hot Rocks
B-17F-BO 390th BG ROSE MARIE
42-30411
US Air Force Official Photo 71273 AC via Fold 3
Updated record to properly attribute image, and provide official caption
Object Number - UPL 41440 - 'Lt Daugherty and crew of the Boeing B-17 "Rose Marie" of the 390th Bomb Group pose beside their plane at their base in England on 24 November 1943....
Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/43; Kearney 9/6/43; Dalhart 27/6/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Presque Is 3/8/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-J] 6/8/43 ROSE MARIE; (19m) Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with John Lashly, Co-pilot: Dick Steel, Navigator: Herb Snelgrove, Bombardier: Dom Tutino, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Queener, Radio Operator: Forrest Woodman, Ball turret gunner: Ed Teaman, Waist gunner: Steve Russell (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Clyde Holder, Tail gunner: Bob Jones (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Leesdorf, Norden, N of Emden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1727. HOT ROCKS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18125050
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729191
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675265
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 December 1943 |
