42-37951 Mavoureen

media-36572.png UPL 36572 The wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37951) nicknamed "Mavoureen" of the 452nd Bomb Group

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Object Number - UPL 36572 - The wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37951) nicknamed "Mavoureen" of the 452nd Bomb Group

Delivered Denver 25/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned 728th BS /452nd BG ( E ) RAF Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Rostock 20/2/44 with Billy Huffmanfound in wreckage, Co-pilot: George Tomlinson, Navigator: Morton Lehman, Bombardier: Lloyd Frazier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob McCabe, Radio Operator: Sam Fanburg, Ball turret gunner: John Brady,Tail gunner: Martin Berry (8KIA-7 bailed & 1 drowned in sea); Waist gunner: Tom McDonald, Waist gunner: George Smith (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Haldagerlille, near Fuglebjerg, 15 miles E of Korsor, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 2779. MAVOUREEN.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14161914
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671233
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 20 February 1944

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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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added aircraft letter

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2779 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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