42-31234 The Barber Shop, Johnnie Walker III
Personal collection
Object Number - UPL 37136 - A bomber crew and their mascot of the 94th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31234)
Delivered Cheyenne 6/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Wilmington 245/10/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG Rougham 27/10/43 THE BARBER SHOP; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 7/1/44 with Joe Barber, Navigator: John McGrath, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Mancuso, Radio Operator: Mike McDonald, Ball turret gunner: Ed McCarty (5 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Major Leon Blythye, Tail gunner: Lt Paul Marriot (2 evaded capture), Bombardier: Bob Gerth, Waist gunner: Martin Perkins, Waist gunner: Stan Maciolek (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed Les Trois Marquets, Pas De Calais, Fr, on return. Missing Air Crew Report 1894. JOHNNIE WALKER III.
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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: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group Headquarters (303rd Bomb Group) Headquarters (94th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-431019
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (490th Bomb Group) 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39176352
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Airplane Maintenance Technician
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739084
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32079389
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 7 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1894 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
