42-3115
Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/43; Kearney 28/3/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE- ] Alconbury 4/43; 2m, Missing in Action Antwerp 14/5/43 with Jim McKinley, Co-pilot: Jim White, Navigator: Jim Smith, Bombardier: John Payne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cecil Trent, Radio Operator: Frank Skwiat, Ball turret gunner: John Hilliard, Waist gunner: Art Pascoe, Waist gunner: Russ Readding, Tail gunner: Jim Conlin (10 Killed in Action); shot down by Fw Peter Crump (5/JG26) over Zuid Beveland, crashed Kats Is, Noord Beveland, Neth. Missing Air Crew Report 4908. (1st Grp loss).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36146275
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13083169
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791134
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35316684
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 14 May 1943
- Date: 13 May 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Noord-Beveland, Netherlands | 14 May 1943 - 14 May 1943 | Missing in Action Antwerp 14/5/43. Shot down by Fw Peter Crump (5/JG26) over Zuid Beveland, crashed Kats Is, Noord Beveland, Netherlands. (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 4908. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4908 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database