42-3544 Stars And Stripes

media-30209.jpeg UPL 30209 42-3544 B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

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Object Number - UPL 30209 - 42-3544 B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

Delivered Denver 27/7/43. Gd Island 12/8/43.

Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-B] Gt Ashfield 9/43.



Battle damaged Bordeaux 6/1/44 with Bill Morris, Co-pilot: Dennis Ziebarth, Navigator: Dick Proctor, Bombardier: Bob Totaro, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Stevens, Waist gunner: Stan Lowitz (8 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Burnell Hamilton (seriously wounded-but Returned to Duty); crash landed Brook Farm, Badwell Ash, Suffolk, UK.



Salvaged 7/1/44.



STARS AND STRIPES.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Burnell T Hamilton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Stanley Lowitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William H Morris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard S Proctor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798873
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Chester A Rober

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

England 5 January 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorhermanns
Changes
Sources

385th BG website

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4477 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-3544: Gallery (4 items)

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 3rd Air Division parked along the runway at Honington. The aircraft, left to right are: (LN-J, serial number 42-30215) of the 388th Bomb Group, (serial number 42-30818) of the 100th Bomb Group, (serial number 42-3544) of the 385th Bomb Group, (serial number 42-3555) of the 388th Bomb Group, (LN-Z, serial number 42-30725) of the 100th Bomb Group and an unidentified B-17 of the 385th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Honington'.

Object number: FRE 4123 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 3rd Air Division...

Object number: UPL 30209 - 42-3544 B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

Stars and Stripes

Object number: UPL 77370 - B-17 42-3544 'Stars and Stripes' - 385BG Courtesy...