42-30168 Slo Jo
Per Lucy May Maxwell 02/21/2018 "Slo Joe" is the inscription on the original print. william henry 02/23/2018. Roger Freeman Collection
Description
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Gt Falls 6/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-T] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43;
Missing in Action, Emden 11/12/43 with Theodore Jennings, Co-pilot: Dean Barger (washed up 12/06/44), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarence Homolka, Ball turret gunner: James Reed, Waist gunner: Edson McCord (washed ashore 20/12/43), Waist gunner: Edward Lyman, Tail gunner: Samuel Moore (washed ashore 21/12/43) (7 Killed in Action);
Navigator: Blair Stragand, Bombardier: Frederick Kemp, Radio Operator: John Kelley (3 Prisoner of War);
The aircraft was shot down by Unteroffizier Walter Köhne in Fw 190A-6 of 2/JG.1 and exploded over the North Sea, 2 km (1.242 miles) North of Langeoog Island, Germany at 12:26 on December 11 1943.
See Missing Air Crew Report 1666.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675021
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39313143
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: British
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795753
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31138121
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Langeoog, Germany | 11 December 1943 | The aircraft was shot down by Unteroffizier Walter Köhne in Fw 190A-6 of 2/JG.1 and ditched in the North Sea, two miles off Langeoog Is, Germany. MACR 1666. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1666 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1666 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database