42-31578 My Darling Also
Object Number - UPL 35407 - "Formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb Group drone steadily through the sky towards their target - an enemy installation in...
Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Romulus 15/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-L] Bassingbourn 29/12/43; Missing in Action 11m Berlin 6/3/44 with Bob Tibbetts, Co-pilot: Alex Ellerman, Navigator: Leo Sharum, Bombardier: Rich Wertheim, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Brady, Radio Operator: Bob Kidder, Ball turret gunner: Harry Rhode, Waist gunner: Syd Barrett (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Dana Morse, Tail gunner: Walt Davis (2 Prisoner of War); another B-17 had a mid air coll with a FW190, the wreckage falling on ‘578 and all three crashed near Letzlingen, seven SE of Javenitz, six miles E of, Gardelegen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2898. MY DARLING ALSO.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner, Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Assigned |
29 December 1943 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944 | Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 another B-17 was hit mid air coll with FW190, the wreckage falling on ‘578 and all three crashed near Letzlingen, seven SE of Javenitz, six miles E of, Gardelegen, Ger; MACR 2898 |
