42-5915 Cash & Carrie

media-56912.jpeg UPL 56912 The Ground Crews Watch Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses"Of The 390Th Bomb Group, Land At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England, After A Mission Over Enemy Territory In Europe. The B-17 'Cash And Carrie' Leads The Planes In This Photograph. 12 August 1943. (U.S. Air Force Number 71431AC)

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Object Number - UPL 56912 - The Ground Crews Watch Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses"Of The 390Th Bomb Group, Land At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England, After A Mission Over...

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

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37183635
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33285544
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Long Beach, CA 7 May 1943

Assigned

Framlingham Airfield, UK 15 July 1943 390BG 570BS

Other

Shot Down

Quantwick, Germany 10 October 1943 German Fighters

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
photo evidence. Personal Collection
http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
photo evidence. Personal Collection
http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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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