41-24481 Hell's Angels
Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-M] Bangor 2/9/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; Missing in Action 10+m Kiel 14/5/43 with Bill Broley, Co-pilot: Albert Davies, Navigator: Armando Ambalagi, Bombardier: Joe Darmiento, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Clyne, Radio Operator: Lowell Dawson, Ball turret gunner: Ed Jones, Waist gunner: Ed Casparriello, Waist gunner: Ken Donovan,Tail gunner: Ken Greer (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft in heavy attack, KO’d #2 and rudder damaged, headed home but ditched North Sea, near Amrum Is. (Frisians), no trace of crew. Missing Air Crew Report 15498. HELL'S ANGELS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 730763
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-470766 (14044069 on enlistment)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 791278
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728170
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13050003
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 14 May 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 14 May 1943 | On 14 May 1943 at 12.30 hours a B-17 was last seen west of the island of Amrum after a bombing raid on Kiel. Then one of its four engines had stopped, and a large hole in the rudder was noticed. The plane must have crashed into the North Sea. All of the crew perished. A/A Fire: Moderate and inaccurate. Enemy Opposition: 50 FW190s and Me109s attacked at 1146 and continued until 1234 hours |
Revisions
Associated Mission details, and Biography update. Source : http://www.airmen.dk/usplanes.htm
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15498 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database