42-30727 Fightin Bitin
Delivered Dallas 19/7/43; Scott 10/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-Z] Thurleigh 2/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bill Bisson, Navigator: George Young, Bombardier: Joe Lukens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Osep, Tail gunner: Thompson Wilson (5 Killed in Action);
Co-pilot: Chas Stafford, Radio Operator: John McLellan, Ball turret gunner: Dick Vader, Waist gunner: Peter Giovanni, Waist gunner: Constantine Lamb (5 Prisoner of War);
Flak knocked out two engines and fighters riddled the tail, crashed Hoehefeld, 15 miles W of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 817. FIGHTIN' BITIN'.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18108164
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14078966 / O-793717
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16097381
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17029425 / O-666754
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32502444
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Schweinfurt, Germany | 14 October 1943 | |
Crashed |
Höhefeld, 97877 Wertheim, Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 817 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database