42-39778 Lucky Ball

Delivered Long Beach 30/8/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 5/10/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-A] Polebrook 18/11/43; {3m} Missing in Action Osnabruck 22/12/43 with Lewis Maginn, Co-pilot: Walter Brooks, Bombardier: Wallace Rufeisen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Shrom, Radio Operator: Boyd Baker (5 Returned to Duty), Navigator: Jim McMorrow, Ball turret gunner: Docite Nadeau, Waist gunner: Albt Meyer {washed up four months later on English coast}, Waist gunner: Ed Bucceri, Tail gunner: Clarry Rowlinson (5 Killed in Action); flak, ditched North Sea, five rescued by Air Sea Rescue launch. Missing Air Crew Report 1717. LUCKY BALL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Boyd E Baker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19051256
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Walter H Brooks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-807938
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward H Bucceri

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32390962
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Lewis J Maginn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804365
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James D McMorrow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678033
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

English Channel 22 December 1943

Revisions

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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Removed media as it belongs with the BTG not the A/C.

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Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "Nadeau" was misspelled.

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1717 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database