42-31519 Wolf Pack

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Boise 24/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Chicago 8/1/44; Romulus 9/1/44; Presque Is 11/1/44;

Assigned 709BS/447BG [IE-B] Rattlesden 18/1/44. Missing in Action Berlin 29 April 1944 with Pilot Dean S. Flemming, Co-pilot: Lloyd D. Ittel, Navigator: Carl W. McCuen, Bombardier: Joe Elliott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William M. Shaw, Radio Operator: Sidney R. Stein, Ball turret gunner: Andrew Leydens, Waist gunner (substitute that day for Anthony Durante): Raymond Hindle, Waist gunner: William C. Pascocello, Tail gunner: Leslie E. Orr. Ditched North Sea on return from mission, crew picked up by AFSR. All 10 crew members returned to duty (RTD).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11027889 at enlistment, then O-752054
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11079815
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35450186 at enlistment
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

  • Date: 29 April 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Ditched

North Sea 29 April 1944 on return from the Berlin mission

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Durante was not on board B-17 #42-31519 on the 29 April 1944 mission (was replaced that day by Andrew Leydens)

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ContributorED-BB
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Added connections on basis of the plane's biography

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ContributorED-BB
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Corrected date of ditching

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ContributorGliderguy
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Updated by Dana Flemming 09/12/2020

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ContributorLucy May
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Changed spelling from 'Fleming' to 'Flemming' after correspondence with Dean Flemming's son, Dana.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log