42-5899 Sioux City Queen
388th BG - 560th BS
Shot down 5 January 1943 w/ Norman P. Kempton Crew
Object Number - UPL 43791 - B-17F-30-VE #42-5899 "Sioux City Queen" 388th BG - 560th BS Shot down 5 January 1943 w/ Norman P. Kempton Crew
Delivered Long Beach 27/4/43; Sioux City 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43. Missing in Action Bordeaux 5 January 1944 with Pilot Norman P. Kempton, Navigator: Stanley A. Plytynski, Bombardier: William R. La Force, Radio Operator: Louis J. Mostardi, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Emil W. Taddeo, Tail gunner: Hamp B. Nicholson (6 evaded capture). Waist gunner: Ray Evtuch, Waist gunner: Joseph M. De Rouin (2 Prisoner of War). Co-pilot: Paul E. Davis, Ball turret gunner: Eldridge J. Saulter (2 Killed in Action). Battle damage KO’d #4, crashed Cartujac, near Saint-Laurent-et-Benon, 25km NW of Bordeaux, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 3118. SIOUX CITY QUEEN.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33188657
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16066310 / O-735023
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37265708
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797263
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680188
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA, USA | 27 April 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 17 June 1943 | |
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Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
29303 Bergen, Germany | 24 July 1943 | |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 5 January 1944 | |
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Crashed |
828, 829 Cartujac, 33112 Saint-Laurent-Médoc, France | 5 January 1944 | Shot down by fighters |
Revisions
Added a "B-17" to the "Production Block Number" to aid clarity & consistency.
Completed or corrected BASIC DETAILS and identified image as a Boeing.
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945
MARCHESE
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
