42-37826 No Excuse
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A19513-E26957AC.
AAM DB Entry Correction.
Object Number - UPL 19449 - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, flying through one of Hun's heaviest AA defenses. (Dec 16, 43). 95th Bomb Group. 42-37826 "No Excuse" (95th BG 335th BS...
Delivered Denver 13/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 30/9/43; with R.L. Carson force landed Scaulthorpe AFB 13/11/434; 17m, Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Chas Cole, Co-pilot: Jim Boswell, Navigator: Frank McKenna (3 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Luth Graeff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Kushnerick, Radio Operator: Bob Maddox, Ball turret gunner: Santo Cerniglia, Waist gunner: Sam Johnston, Waist gunner: Chas Harris,Tail gunner: Joe Menendez (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in street at Engden-Schuttorf, near Jackering, SE of Nordhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2543. NO EXCUSE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727183
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 30 December 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21, UK | 13 November 1943 | Force landed Scaulthorpe AFB 13/11/43. Pilot Lt R L Carson. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Engden, Germany | 10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed in street at Engden-Schuttorf, near Jackering, SE of Nordhorn, Germany. (7 x POW, 3 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR2543. |
