42-5915 Cash & Carrie
National Archives
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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- Date: 12 August 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA | 7 May 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 15 July 1943 | 390BG 570BS |
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Other Shot Down |
Quantwick, Germany | 10 October 1943 | German Fighters |
Revisions
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
photo evidence. Personal Collection
http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
photo evidence. Personal Collection
http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US
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.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 860 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database