42-39816 Vermont Lady

media-17836.jpeg UPL 17836 The crew of the Vermont Lady

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Object Number - UPL 17836 - The crew of the Vermont Lady

Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 14/10/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/1/44 with Gilford Pierce, Co-pilot: Walt Cookin, Navigator: Murray Bader, Bombardier: Warren Mullins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Heilman, Radio Operator: Francis Driscoll, Ball turret gunner: Olen McCormick, Waist gunner: Edwin Mydlencki,Tail gunner: Jim Brady (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Gerald Norman (POW-picked up by French fishermen but captured when boat entered harbour); enemy aircraft, crashed Bay of Biscay. Missing Air Crew Report 2013.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Murray Mack Bader

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685922
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James Edward Brady

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15322241
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Walter A Cookin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Francis Xavier Driscoll

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31140014
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Walter Alan Gookin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808985
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 5 January 1944

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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

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Newspaper clipping, family information

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MACR 2013

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MACR 2013

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 17836 - The crew of the Vermont Lady