42-38029
Delivered Cheyenne 18 July 1943; Syracuse 10 December 1943; Presque Isle 15 December 1943. Coming from Stansted Air Depot, it was assigned on 1 March 1944 to the 381st Bomb Group/532nd Bomb Squadron at Ridgewell - ID letters VE-M. 1 mission. Missing in Action Berlin-Erkner 8 March 1944 with Pilot Thomas A. Pirtle; Co-pilot: Paul H. Schlintz; Navigator: Milton W. Stern; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George W. Cassody; Radio Operator: Robert W. Burrows; Left Waist gunner: James C. Estep Jr; Right Waist gunner: James W. Warren; Tail gunner: William L. Bull (8 Prisoner of War). Bombardier: Harry F. Cooper helped by Dutch and Belgian patriots, hidden in the Netherlands and Belgium, liberated in Liège, back in England 15 September 1944. Ball turret gunner William C. Kinney, also evaded, helped by Dutch and Belgian underground members and liberated by Canadian troops in the Neeroeteren area, Belgium on 22 September 1944 (back in UK 24/09/1944). Hit by enemy aircraft, crashed near the Oude Molen (Old Mill), Deventer to Holten Road, near Lettele, OverIjssel Province, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 3002.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32747053
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35622610
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
near Lettele, OverIjssel, The Netherlands | 8 March 1944 | Hit by e/a, lagged behind and crashed; crew members parachuted |