42-32011 Peg Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 3/3/44; transferred 562BS/388BG [V] Knettishall 4/3/44; Missing in Action La Glacerie 8/5/44 with Lou Heving, Co-pilot: Joe Cicak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Heim, Radio Operator: Howard Gollner, Waist gunner: Dave Kimmel (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Clifton Billado, Bombardier: Dick Seitzinger, Ball turret gunner: Joe Morse, Waist gunner: Will Kronitz, Tail gunner: Don Klein (5 Killed in Action); flak KOd #2, crashed in the Channel off St Suveeur-le-Vicomte, 19 miles S of Cherbourg, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4599. PEG OF MY HEART aka SWEET ADELINE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clifton E Billado

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31066441
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph P Cicak

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-001962
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Howard E Gollner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36808387
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

William A Heim

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13093828
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Louis J Heying

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751132
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

50470 La Glacerie, France 8 May 1944

Crashed

50390 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France 8 May 1944

Revisions

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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Added the A/C nicknames listed in the A/C “Description”.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4599 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database