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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F-35-VE #42-5915 "Cash & Carrie" Code: DI-J 390th BG - 570th BS - 8th AF Shot Down 10 October 1943
Delivered Long Beach 7/5/43; Denver 14/5/43; Geiger 26/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-J] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (11m) Munster 10/10/43 with Bob McGuire, Co-pilot: Glenn Oster, Navigator: Albt Drouhard, Bombardier: Jack Nosser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herschel Rasco, Radio Operator: Joe Chassaing, Ball turret gunner: Hershel McFeely, Waist gunner: George Hodgins, Waist gunner: Norman Augerr, Tail gunner: Cliff Strang (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, with wing on fire and #1 engine out, crashed Quantwick, near Ahaus, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 860. CASH & CARRIE
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #425915 'Cash & Carrie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5915 'Cash & Carrie', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #425915 'Cash & Carrie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #425915 'Cash & Carrie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 42-5915 'Cash & Carrie', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #425915 'Cash & Carrie. ' Crash landed in Germany. evaded into Holland and there was betrayed by Dutch civilians Sent to Stalag Luft III. . Escaped Moosburg April 1945 and reached American Fores north of the Danube...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5915 'Cash & Carrie', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #425915 'Cash & Carrie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #425915 'Cash & Carrie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
12 August 1943
This mission is separated into two elements. The first element is a combined force of 183 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division: 91BG (22); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20); 351BG (21); 379BG (21); 381BG (20); and 384BG (20) are dispatched to bomb...
27 August 1943
This mission is the first attack by the USAAF on suspected V-Weapon sites. The German development of pilotless winged aircraft was first divulged to the British just shortly after the beginning of World War II in two letters sent to the British embassy...
2 September 1943
This mission was composed of five elements. The first element was combined force 55 B-17s despatched from: 92BG; 305BG, and 306BG to bomb German airfields in NW France. The mission is recalled due to weather and the bombers return without dropping...
15 September 1943
This mission is composed of three elements. The first element is a formation of 93 B-17s from: (1BG (19); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (19); and 381BG (19) despatched to bomb the German air deport at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. 87 aircraft are...
16 September 1943
This mission is composed of two elements: Bomb Groups from 1st Bomb Division and Bomb groups from 3rd Bomb Division. The first element is a combined force of 147 B-17s from: 91BG (18); 303BG (19); 305BG (16); 351BG (19); 379BG (19); 381BG (20); and...
23 September 1943
This mission consisted of three elements, one element from 1st Bomb Division and 2 others from 3rd Bomb Division. The first element was a combined force of 177 B-17s from: 91BG (21); 92BG (19); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (19) and 381BG (22)...
26 September 1943
This mission was composed of four elements. The first element was a combined force of 55 B-17s from 91BG (19); 381BG (18); and 351BG (18) that were dispatched to attack industrial targets in and around Paris, France. As the formation approached the...
4 October 1943
This mission is composed of five elements. The first element is a combined force of 104 B-17s from: 306BG (16); 92BG (17); 395BG (17); 303BG (19); 379BG (18) and 384BG (17) despatched to bomb the industrial areas of Frankfurt, Germany. 77 aircraft are...
9 October 1943
This mission is composed of 6 elements. The first element is a combined force of 115 B-17s from: 303BG (20); 379BG (20); 384BG (21); 351BG (21); 91BG 16; and 381BG (16) dispatched to bomb the industrial areas of Anklam, Germany. 106 aircraft are...
10 October 1943
This mission was intended to be a massive attack of 307 B-17s on the railroad facilities and waterway (canals) at Munster, Germany. This attack was to be supported by a diversion 39 B-24s. The formation was attacked by hundreds of German fighters which...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Long Beach, CA | 7 May 1943 |
| Assigned | Framlingham Airfield, UK | 15 July 1943 |
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390BG |
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| Shot Down | Quantwick, Germany | 10 October 1943 |
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German Fighters |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 November 2020 01:53:48 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 November 2020 01:53:38 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames, markings, description, events and mission associations |
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 June 2020 03:52:34 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames and description |
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:57 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 860 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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