42-31757 Round Trip

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Gr Island 21/12/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 25/2/44; 23m Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Bill Condon, Co-pilot: Joe Kolceski, Navigator: Laddie Zindar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Junny Jackson, Ball turret gunner: Chas Jenkins, Waist gunner: Harry Norris, (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Edwin Onken, Radio Operator: Bill Morris,Tail gunner: John Jackson (3POW- all wia); enemy aircraft KOd #4, then lost #2, crashed Waldau, E of Berburg, 20 miles W of Dessau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5333. ROUND TRIP.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16135342 / O-809929
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16104347 / T-123104 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35607360
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34605391
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13070458
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA 11 December 1943 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 11-Dec-43.

Assigned

Polebrook, Peterborough PE8 5LN, UK 25 February 1944 Assigned 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

20 miles W of Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 enemy aircraft KO'd #4, then lost #2, crashed Waldau, East of Berburg, 20 miles West of Dessau; MACR 5333.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5333 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database