42-30831 Lazy Baby
Object Number - UPL 23867 - B-17F 42-30831 WF-H "Lazy Baby" shot down during black Thursday 14th of October 1943 on its way to the scrap yard in Switzerland.
Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 15/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ed Dienhart, Bombardier: Carl Johnson, Radio Operator: Hurley Smith, Ball turret gunner: Ray Baus, Waist gunner: Bob Cinibulk, Waist gunner: Christy Zullo, Tail gunner: Bernie Segal (7 INT), Co-pilot: Brunson Bolin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Blaylock (2 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Don Rowley (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed wheels up at Reinach Aesch, near Basle, Switzerland. Missing Air Crew Report 913. LAZY BABY.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34037102
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681319
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33292048
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
Chelveston, Wellingborough NN9, UK | 15 September 1943 | Assigned 364BS, 305BG, 8AF. |
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Other Crash landed INT. |
Basle, Switzerland | 14 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 14-Oct-43. damaged by enemy aircraft, crash landed wheels up at Reinach Aesch, near Basle, Switz. 7 x INT, 2 x POW, 1 x KIA. MACR 913. |
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Manufactured |
Seattle, WA, USA | Built at Boeing. | |
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Delivered |
Washington, USA | Delivered to USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Changed place assigned from Polebrook to Chelveston as this is where the 305th Bomb Group were based and it is also the airfield recorded on MACR 913 as the airfield of departure on 14 October 1943.
My father is Brunson W. Bolin, 02/15/24-08/03/11. The aircraft's name of Lazy Baby has been used in various publications, i.e. Reader's Digest, AIR CLASSIC's, and George Kuhls' book "Wrong Place Wrong Time" for a few examples.
TB
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 913 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
