42-3523 April girl

Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-M] Polebrook 24/9/43; Missing in Action 11m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with George Procak, Co-pilot: George Neely, Navigator: Jerrold Trumbower, Bombardier: Jim Keating, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cipriano, Radio Operator: Saul Susman, Ball turret gunner: Otis Williams, Waist gunner: Gene Chelstowski, Waist gunner: Pete Goinvic (9 Prisoner of War); Tail gunner: E. T. Burgess killed in tailplane in crash (1 Killed in Action); flak and enemy aircraft, crashed Pillgrim, two miles SE of Scherborn, seven miles E of Holzminden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1940. APRIL GIRL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

People

E T Burgess

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18030510
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Eugene R Chelstowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31277795
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

John J Cipriano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32624764
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Eugene Amasr Colburn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34338496
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Peter John Goinvic

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32411095
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 January 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1940 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database