42-5056 Devil's Playmate
B-17F-50-BO "Devil's Playmate" was delivered at Cheyenne, WY 9-Sep-42; Presque Isle, ME 19-Oct-4242; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-C/L] at Chelveston 30-Oct- 42; Missing in Action (MIA) Wilhelmshaven 26-Feb-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed into North Sea between Frisian Islands & Helgoland, Germany. 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15120.
P 1LT Isaac D. Benson (KIA); CP 2LT Martin L. Mjellem (KIA)
N 2LT Stanley I. Waliszewski (KIA); B 2LT Lee L. Winters (KIA)
E/TTG Paul I. Kleinschrodt (KIA); RO SSGT William J. Peteritas (KIA)
BTG SSGT Austin W. Routhier (KIA); LWG SGT William D. Hise (KIA)
RWG SSGT Ward S. Johnson (KIA); TG SSGT Charles F. Jackson (KIA)
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437938
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13012236
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37160959
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6557007
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33086675
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Helgoland, Germany | 26 February 1943 | Shot down by fighters. Crashed into the North Sea between Frisian Islands and Helgoland. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 21-Jun-2015. Added nickname, markings and made connections to Place and Mission from within existing website data; Added loss details and location based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Converted dates in Summary Biography to military-style signification, added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition of crew per MACR 15120, formatted crew display.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15120 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database