42-3165 Melancholy Baby
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
People
Class 43-B book. 1943, Douglas Field, Arizona.
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 327th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14052189 / O-680435
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685650
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18103988 / O-744540
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 November 1943 |