42-40050 Channel Express III
Object Number - UPL 52571 - AC # 42-40050 'Channel Express III' 401st Bomb Group
Delivered Long Beach 16/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Prestwick, UK 15/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-J] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Bordeaux 19/6/44 with Bill Massey, Bombardier: Lew Stelljes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Beard (3 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Dominic Ceresa, Radio Operator: Harry Earnes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Mahler, Waist gunner: Alf Wieters, Waist gunner: Jim Faulkner,Tail gunner: Paul White (7 Killed in Action); mech. fault, spun down and exploded, crashed Chez Renard, near Jauldes, ten miles N of Angouleme, Fr ; Missing Air Crew Report 6002. CHANNEL EXPRESS III.
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- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 22 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
- Date: 14 January 1944
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52974
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 12, 5 Jan 1944, Tours, France. All aircraft returned from mission by 1452 hours. Colonel Rogner expressed his pleasure...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52975
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 13, 7 Jan 1944, Ludwigshaven, Germany. Chemical works of Farbenindustrie. Nineteen aircraft were off by 0900; one later...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52977
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 15, 14 Jan 1944, Gorenflos, France. The Group's bombing pattern, led by Group Bombardier Captain Julius Pickoff, was...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52978
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 16, 21 Jan 1944, Pas De Calais. 23 operational aircraft were off by 1230. All planes returned safely by 1554 hours....
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52979
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 17, 29 Jan 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. 35 aircraft were airborne by 0849 but five aborted the mission and returned. Air...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52983
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 21, 5 Feb 1944, Chateauroux, France. The results of bombing Chateauroux Airfield were excellent. Pictures of 401st...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53004
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 26, 22 Feb 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. 32 aircraft were airborne by 0935. 29 operational aircraft had returned by 1755...
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 19 June 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6002 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database