42-5053 Bloody tangier show
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Presque Is 28/10/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-L] Chelveston 14/11/42; Missing in Action 4/7/43 with Bill Wetzel, Navigator: Ralph McKee (2 evaded capture); Radio Operator: Earl Sell, Waist gunner: Bernie McNight (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Chas Cockrell, Bombardier: Chas Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Doya Garrett, Ball turret gunner: Pete Hnatuick, wgh-Bill Hulett, Tail gunner: Bill Mooney (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed St Colunbin, 16 miles S of Nantes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 14439. (Used in film '1000 Plane Raid'.) BLOODY TANGIER SHOW.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729637
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13039596
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 4 July 1943 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14439 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database