42-30218 Heavenly Daze | Dolly
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-W] Horham 15/6/43; (23m), Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Bob Beatty, Navigator: Dave Goss, Bombardier: Joe Forand, Radio Operator: Albt Laney (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Kernochan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Milton Spangenberg, Ball turret gunner: Gus Pereira, Waist gunner: Doug Miller, Waist gunner: Art Klemp, Tail gunner: John Gallo (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ferwerd, near Leeuwarden, Friesland, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1561. HEAVENLY DAZE.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803794
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34262740
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15107390
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676245
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 11 December 1943
- Date: 30 November 1943
- Date: 19 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 7 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
9172 Ferwert, Netherlands | 11 December 1943 - 11 December 1943 | Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Ferwerd, near Leeuwarden, Friesland, Holland; (4 x POW, 6 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report 1561. |
Revisions
Added another nickname per info in the "Summary bio" of pilot, Robert Beatty.
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1561 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database