42-30817 Miss Flower III
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731350
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729958
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Hawarden, Deeside, Flintshire CH5, UK | 16 September 1943 | Force landed RAF Harwarden 16/9/43. |
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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
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1044 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database