42-3434 So what ?
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Object Number - UPL 38430 - B17F 42-3434 "So what" 305th Bomb Group
Delivered Denver 12/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 12/8/43; transferred 366BS [KY-E]; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Art Glaiser, Co-pilot: Dave Engler, Navigator: Jim Vitiello, Bombardier: Bob Hutchinson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Hooker, Radio Operator: Jim Dystra, Ball turret gunner: Gaetano Polizzotti, Waist gunner: Jake Demere, Waist gunner: Chas Moore,Tail gunner: Bill Watkins (10INT); no gas, force landed Dubendorf, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 1342. Returned USA 22/9/45. SO WHAT?
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 September 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
