42-37981 Belle of the Barbary Coast

Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-P] Deenethorpe 3/12/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 7/7/44 with Jim Neill, Co-pilot: Elbert Hammond, Navigator: Alby Roddy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Moore, Radio Operator: Frank Nebus, Ball turret gunner: Harry Nicol, Waist gunner: Merle Warner (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Calvin McDonald,Tail gunner: Reynold Fraker (2 Killed in Action); mech fault #3 feathered, then #1 caught fire, crashed Buckhorst, SW of Gardelegen Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7222. BELLE OF THE BARBARY COAST.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34763682
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39905078 / O-820434
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Missions

  • Date: 27 August 1944
  • Date: 6 June 1944
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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 7 July 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7222 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database