42-5801 Flak Happy
Delivered Long Beach 10/2/43; Salina 27/2/43; Smoky Hill 31/3/43; Presque Is 14/4/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 22/4/43; 333BS Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-J] Alconbury 28/7/43; Missing in Action Bochum (T/O), Ger 12/8/43 with Paul Casey, Co-pilot: George Kearin, Navigator: Luther Baker, Radio Operator: Dave Penley, Ball turret gunner: Tom Perkins, Waist gunner: Joe Soper, Waist gunner: Audrey Berry, Tail gunner: Elmer Ripley (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Chas Mayobailed out too low, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Edwards (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Phillipine, four miles W of Ternuezen, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 656. FLAK HAPPY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35046347 / O-795173
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13033792
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052088 / O-792103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16046006
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12053625 / O-797551
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Long Beach AAF, CA | 10 February 1943 | Delivered Long Beach 10-Feb-43. |
Assigned |
Earls Colne, UK | 22 April 1943 | Assigned 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Assigned |
Rougham, UK | 13 June 1943 | Transferred 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Assigned |
Alconbury, UK | 28 July 1943 | Transferred 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Phillipine, Holland | 12 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany 12-Aug-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, belly landed Phillipine, 4 miles W of Ternuezen, Holland. 8 x POW, 2 x KIA MACR 656 |
Manufactured |
Burbank, CA | Built at Vega. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database