42-30603
From 'Losses of the 8th and 9th AAFs'
B-17F-110-BO 42-30603 RD:H “Las Vegas Avenger” 306BG,423BS.
P +1 Lt Virgil H Jeffries CP +1 Lt Thomas R McGalliard
N +2 Lt Frank L Ramsey B +2 Lt John H Moon
E +T/Sgt James S Porter RO *T/Sgt Richard G Mowrer
BTG *S/Sgt Arthur R Adrian LWG *S/Sgt Harold M Owen
WG +S/Sgt William L Threatt Jr TG *S/Sgt Henry A Steelsmith
MACR 1329:- T/O Thurleigh, assigned target Bremen. Attacked by fighters on the return flight, controls damaged at 4,000ft and the b/o
order was given. The B-17 went into a spin and crashed in a meadow belonging to Mr H Zonderland at St Nicolaasga, Friesland, Holland,
at 1300hrs. Crew members KIA were buried in the local Protestant Churchyard. 4 KIA 6 POW.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Gore 11/7/43; Kearney 16/7/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-H] Thurleigh 8/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Virgil Jeffries, Co-pilot: Tom McGaillard, Navigator: Frank Ramsey, Bombardier: John Moon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Porter, Waist gunner: Bill Threatt (6 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Dick Mowrer, Ball turret gunner: Art Adrian, Waist gunner: Harry Owen,Tail gunner: Henry Steelsmith (4 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Zonderland Farm, St Nicolaasga, Friesland, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1329. LAS VEGAS AVENGER.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6711949
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33274084
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14072211
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 November 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1329 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database