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B-17 Flying Fortress
Crew of "Hello Mr Maier" plaque at the Rougham Control Tower Museum memorial
Rougham Control Tower Museum
Memorial at the Rougham Control Tower Museum
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gr Island 3/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Nutts Corner N.I., 20/12/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Q] Rougham 21/12/43; Missing in Action Munich 31/7/44 with John Ellis, Co-pilot: Ralph Campbell, Navigator: George Cross, Bombardier: Heber Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Ganter, Radio Operator: Rich Moore, Ball turret gunner: Jean De War, Waist gunner: Joe Collins,Tail gunner: Herbert Flowers (9 Returned to Duty); flak, ditched just short of UK coast, picked up OK by ASR:. HELLO MR MAIER.
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Military | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
Military | Co-Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Military | Co-Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Military | Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Military | Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Military | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
RTD/ Damaged by flak and ditched in channel on 7/31/44 BG records indicate picked up Plane was B-17 Hello Mr Maier#4238007
Military | Tail Turret Gunner/Engineer | 94th Bomb Group
Military | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Military | Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
Other location
Military site : airfield
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 October 2015 16:17:24 | usxpat | Changes to nicknames, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:47 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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