42-3165 Melancholy Baby

Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number 42-5745) nicknamed "The Fuhrer the Better", at Alconbury. media-379191.jpg FRE 754 Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number 42-5745) nicknamed "The Fuhrer the Better", at Alconbury. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 754 - Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number...

Delivered Cheyenne 6/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-G/T] Alconbury 23/4/43; 325BS [NV-G]; 407BS [PY-T]; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Hugh Dougherty, Co-pilot: Vince Gordey, Navigator: Sam Korbelak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Cox, Ball turret gunner: Henry Davis, Waist gunner: Dave Rood, Tail gunner: Bob Valdez (7KIA-all in wreckage), Bombardier: Paul Marshall, Radio Operator: Ray Barnes, Waist gunner: Ed Iantosca (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, then ship exploded, on railweay track at Mahndoef, SE of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1385.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 26 November 1943

Revisions

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Contributorrevwarman
Changes
Sources

Ron Barnes

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1385 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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