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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 G #42-31914 / BUTCH 326th Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Group. Assigned Podington 11/2/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44; enemy aircraft, crash-landed Dubendorf, Switz; W/O; Missing Air Crew Report 4147. 10 INT. BUTCH. Pilot: Bernard Rosenfeld Co-pilot: Gerry Robson Navigator: John Launius Bombardier: Gene Metz Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Nicodemus Radio Operator: Bill Petrie Ball turret gunner: Claud Morehead Waist gunner: Walt Wisniewski Waist gunner: Ray Schuster Tail gunner: Jim Cook Missions 1. Frankfort 3-21-44 Frankfurt, Germany 2. Berlin 3-22-44 Germany 3. Munster 3-23-44 Germany 4. Divon 3-23-44 ? 5. Stetton 4-11-44 Stettien, Germany 6. Oatanburg (Berlin) 4-18-44 ? 7. Kassel 4-19-44 Gernany 8. Pas deCalais 4-20-44 ? Calais, France ? 9. Hamm 4-22-44 Germany 10. Oberpfaffenhofen 4-24-44 Oberpfaffenhofen Air field, Germany (Space Center)
CREW 42-31914 BUTCH 326th Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Group. Tail-gunner James Cook, standing, second from right. Bombardier Eugene Metz, kneeling, far right. Pilot: Bernard Rosenfeld Co-pilot: Gerry Robson Navigator: John Launius Bombardier: Gene Metz Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Nicodemus Radio Operator: Bill Petrie Ball turret gunner: Claud Morehead Waist gunner: Walt Wisniewski Waist gunner: Ray Schuster Tail gunner: Jim Cook
Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 17/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-S] Podington 11/2/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Bernard Rosenfeld, Co-pilot: Gerry Robson, Navigator: John Launius, Bombardier: Gene Metz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Nicodemus, Radio Operator: Bill Petrie, Ball turret gunner: Claud Morehead, Waist gunner: Walt Wisniewski, Waist gunner: Ray Schuster,Tail gunner: Jim Cook (10INT); enemy aircraft, crash landed Dubendorf, Switz; W/O; Missing Air Crew Report 4147. BUTCH.
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Private | Ball Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31914 'Butch'. Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231914 'Butch. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
Military site : airfield
Built originally to accommodate two RAF bomber squadrons, the first USAAF unit to occupy the base was the 15th Bomb Squadron in September 1942. Podington was then used as a satellite for nearby Chelveston. Work to lengthen the runways, although this...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 24 April 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 September 2019 13:50:04 | genemetz | Changes to nicknames |
| Sources | ||
Added name of plane |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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