42-31695

media-19501.jpeg UPL 19501 The William C. Quaintance crew. Top row, from left to right :
T/Sgt. Joseph F. Strukel, Flight Engineer, S/Sgt Alexander F. Markowski, Left Waist Gunner, T/Sgt Francis X. Driscoll, Radio Operator, S/Sgt Richard C. Donohue, Tail Gunner, S/Sgt Maxwell W. Williams, Right Waist Gunner, S/Sgt Robert E. Hayes, Ball Turret Gunner (not on the 22 February 1944 mission).
Front, from left to right :
1st Lt. Arnold W. Ostrow, Navigator, 2nd Lt. Henry I. Levy, Bombardier, 1st Lt Rudolph L. Jenson, Co-Pilot, 1st Lt. William C. Quaintance, Pilot. (Most of the crew was lost on the 22 February 1944 mission - on board B-17 # 42-31695).

Added Quaintance crew photo

Object Number - UPL 19501 - The William C. Quaintance crew. Top row, from left to right : T/Sgt. Joseph F. Strukel, Flight Engineer, S/Sgt Alexander F. Markowski, Left Waist...

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; New Castle 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-D] Thurleigh 29/1/44; Missing in Action Aschersleben/Bernburg 22 February 1944 with Pilot William C. Quaintance; Co-pilot: Rudolph L. Jenson; Navigator: Arnold W. Ostrow; Bombardier: Henry I. Levy; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joseph F. Strukel; Radio Operator: Francis X. Driscoll; Ball turret gunner: Robert J. Might; Right Waist gunner: Maxwell W. Williams; Tail gunner: Richard C. Donohue (9 Killed in Action). Left Waist gunner: Alexander F. Markowski (Prisoner of War). Hit by enemy aircraft on return trip, crashed Kirchenhutte, eight miles SW of Siegen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2652.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33551808
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31158525
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34201982 and O-632869
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13056724 and O-739471
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 32292921
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Engineer, waist gunner

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Missions

Events

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Failed to Return (FTR)

near Kirchenhutte, Siegen, Germany 22 February 1944

Revisions

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Chose key image

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MACR 2652

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2652 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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