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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delmar D "Bud" Pollock crew plaque on the memorial at the Rougham Control Tower Museum.
2nd Lt Delmar Dale "Bud" Pollock, Pilot of "Nobody's Fool," B17 42-38169
Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-B] Rougham 5/2/44; then 410BG [GL-B]; Missing in Action Berlin 4/3/44 with Delmar Pollack, Radio Operator: Gerald Silver, Ball turret gunner: Bill Grocke, Waist gunner: Bill Irwin, Tail gunner: Jay Summers (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Warren Vaneschen, Navigator: Bernie Zak, Bombardier: Ralph Candiotti, Waist gunner: Walt Stevenson (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Kirker (evaded capture); battle damaged, caught fire, crashed Calais area, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2998.
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 | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down probably by flak on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31169 'Hey Mabel!'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
According to MACR 2998, Grocke was a Ball Turret Gunner on 42-38169. There was a fire in the radio compartment of the aircraft, reason unknown. The Pilot peeled out of formation, the aircraft went into a spin, and crashed. 5 KIA
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down probably by flak on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31169 'Hey Mabel!'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down probably by flak on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38169 "Nobody's Fool", Evaded (EVD).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
On March 4, 1944, Delmar Pollock was the Pilot of B-17 tail #42-38169 of the 94th Bomb Group, 331st Bomb Squadron, when, probably hit by Flak, it went down over St. Omer, France on a mission to Berlin on 4 March 1944 (The Fortress is also wrongly...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down probably by flak on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31169 'Hey Mabel!'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down probably by flak on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31169 'Hey Mabel!'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down probably by flak on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31169 'Hey Mabel!'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS CO-PILOT OF B-17 SERIAL NUMBER #42-38169, QE-K 'NOBODY'S FOOL' 94TH BOMB GROUP, 331ST BOMB SQUADRON. SHOT DOWN MARCH 4, 1944 ON MISSION TO BERLIN. SPENT THE REST OF THE WAR IN STALAG LUFT 3.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
Navigator of B-17 42-38169 of the 94th Bomb Group, 331st Bomb Squadron, when, probably hit by Flak, it went down over St. Omer, France on a mission to Berlin on 4 March 1944
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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
Not yet known
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| 05 June 2020 00:44:01 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 November 2015 12:48:23 | usxpat | Changes to unit associations and place associations |
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Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 November 2015 12:47:16 | usxpat | Changes to nicknames |
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Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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