42-31262 Ale Smoke, Ole Smoke

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Wilmington 11/11/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-P] Framlingham 12/1/43 ALE SMOKE; Missing in Action [21m] Augsburg 16/3/44 with Darold Jenkins, Co-pilot: Virgil Fieker, Navigator: Carl Otto, Bombardier: Vernise Polly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Woodcock, Radio Operator: Bill Hofer, Ball turret gunner: Larry Cascarino, Waist gunner: Howard Grindstaff,Tail gunner: Herschel Breeding (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ken De Vore (KIA-did not bale out); enemy aircraft, crashed Himmlingen, near Aalen, E of Stuttgart, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3181. OLE SMOKE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15335016
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 16 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database