42-31486

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Prestwick 6/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-Y] Deenethorpe 14/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with John Tannahill, Co-pilot: Harry Selby, Navigator: Ed Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pat Powers, Radio Operator: Harry Roark, Ball turret gunner: Harley Kennemer, Waist gunner: Weldon Martin, Tail gunner: Larry Freeman (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Frye (blown out when ship exploded), Waist gunner: Tom Brennan (2 Prisoner of War); Enemy aircraft, crashed Oberndorf, 18 miles N of Kaiserlautern, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2272.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Thomas E Brennan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Laurence R Freeman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38167419
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William C Frye

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edward L Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Harley B Kennemer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38052370
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

642

  • Date: 19 September 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Frankfurt, Germany 29 January 1944

Crashed

Oberndorf, Germany 29 January 1944

Revisions

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Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31486

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2272 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database