42-5404 The Geezil
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Object Number - FRE 4366 - A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Geezil". Handwritten caption on reverse: '369BS. Kneeling centre -...
Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/42; West Palm Beach 18/12/42; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-D] Thurleigh 1/2/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-M] Grafton Underwood 22/8/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Horace Writz, Bombardier: Paul Beeler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Gribbons (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Russell Harmen, Navigator: Bob Corman, Radio Operator: Frank Robertson, Ball turret gunner: Tony Hetzer, Waist gunner: Zenen Mikolayk, Waist gunner: Ed Gac,Tail gunner: Ed Pazsit (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Doehren, near Melle, 18 miles SE of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2264. THE GEEZIL.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 32426103
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13064096
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 5 December 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 20 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 30 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2264 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2264 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database