42-39811 Donna Mae

Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-C] Chelveston 17/10/43; then to 422NLS [JJ-E] 23/5/44; transferred 838BS/487BG Lavenham. Missing in Action French leaflet drop 6 July 1944, with Pilot James R. Brown, Co-pilot John H. Mann, Navigator Carlisle W. Limehouse, Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner William D. Harris, Radio Operator Stivers L. Lee, Ball turret gunner John H. McNamara, Left Waist gunner Ralph M. Tyne, Right Waist gunner Norman (NMI) Hollander, Tail gunner George A. Jellison (9 Prisoner of War). Bombardier Roger C. Keedwell (KIA – chute failed to open). The Fortress caught fire over Rotterdam, crashed Overschie, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 6988.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

People

James Roller Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756169
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William Decker Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11129380
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Norman Hollander

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16065396
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

George Arthur Jellison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33688109
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Roger Charles Keedwell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-762574
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Overschie, near Rotterdam, The Netherlands 6 July 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 6988

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 6988

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6988 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database