42-30817 Miss Flower III

media-19205.jpeg UPL 19205 B-17F 42-30817 'Miss Flower III' release her bomb load.

Object Number - UPL 19205 - B-17F 42-30817 'Miss Flower III' release her bomb load.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Grand Isle 11/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-G] Horham 15/6/43; with M.L. Crowder force landed RAF Harwarden 16/9/43; with John Adams force landed RAF Fiston 26/9/43; Missing in Action (9m) Munster 10/10/43 with Capt John Adams, Co-pilot: Tom Barber, Navigator: Ken Winegar, Bombardier: Earl DeWolf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marshall Crow, Radio Operator: Jerome Pubantz, Ball turret gunner: Mike Szewyck, Waist gunner: Orwin Tylseth, Waist gunner: Wallace Watts, Tail gunner: Jim Baker (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft ko’d engine, crashed Wenning- railway station, near Steinfurt-Borghorst, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1044, MISS FLOWER III.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730320
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20729282
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-681301
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14067175
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-729958
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Hawarden, Deeside, Flintshire CH5, UK 16 September 1943 Force landed RAF Harwarden 16/9/43.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Borghorst, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany 10 October 1943 - 10 October 1943 Failed to return from mission to Munster 10/10/43. Enemy aircraft ko’d engine, crashed Wenning-Hegemann railway station, near Steinfurt-Borghorst, Ger. (10 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 1044.

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1044 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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