42-5913 Shack Bunny

media-28359.jpeg UPL 28359

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Object Number - UPL 28359

Delivered Long Beach 5 May 1943; Kearney 30 May 1943; Dow Field 19 June 1943; Assigned 551BS/385BG Great Ashfield 20 June 1943; Missing in Action Duren 20 October 1943 with Pilot Lyle V. Fryer; Co-pilot: Clifford G. McIlveen; Navigator: John S. Durakov; Bombardier: Edwin D. Rinkenberger; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester A. Lisiewski (evaded for a time but captured in Paris on 21 January 1944 - POW); Radio Operator: William G. Cokins; Ball turret gunner: George A. Good; Left Waist gunner: Joseph F. Pittman; Right Waist gunner: Fred Browning;Tail gunner: David E. Carr (10 Prisoners of War); mechanical trouble, crashed De Slek, two miles South of Echt, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 828. SHACK BUNNY.

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The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Fred Browning

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16069047
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

David Edwin Carr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33323881
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William George Cokins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36333782
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

John S Durakov

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735982
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
First Lieutenant Lyle Fryer, of the 385th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Ellen III". Passed for publication 28 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Youth Of The Flying Fortresses. USP/224I-200-201. L/Lt.[sic] Lyle Fryer, of Rochester, Minn., pilot of the Fortress "Mary Ellen III", awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for "extraordinary achievement" during a bombing mission over Germany recentl. Lt. Fryer is only 22 years of age, and has already been awarded the Air Medal for

Lyle Vermont Fryer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665675
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

near Slek, The Netherlands 20 October 1943 Crashed behind the houses at 29-33 Slekkerstraat, West of the Roterweg, in Slek, South of Maasbracht, The Netherlands

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edit info

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A. L. DESTRO II

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MACR 828

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 828 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-5913: Gallery (5 items)

Personnel of the 385th Bomb Group meet North African civilians in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5913) nicknamed "Shack Bunny". Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943.' [stamp] and '282422.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '#63 Sideview of Fortress with crew and natives.'

Object number: FRE 1345 - Airmen of the 385th Bomb Group meet civilians in...

A bomber crew of the 385th Bomb with their B-17 Flying Fortress in North Africa. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 6 Sept 1943.' [stamp] and '282419.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '#64 closeup of Fortress crew in N Africa.'

Object number: FRE 1400 - A bomber crew of the 385th Bomb with their B-17...

A bomber crew of the 385th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Shack Bunny" in North Africa. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943.' [stamp], and '282494.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '#67 Closeup of Fortress crew in N Africa.'

Object number: FRE 1403 - A bomber crew of the 385th Bomb Group with their B...

A bomber crew of the 385th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Shack Bunny" in North Africa. Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#64. Closeup of Fortress crew in N. Africa.' Censor no: 282419. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

Object number: FRE 4985 - A bomber crew of the 385th Bomb Group with their B...