42-30826 Short Stuff
Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Gr Isle 3/9/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-R] Framlingham 10/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Capt Bob Short, Co-pilot: Bud Hinckley, Bombardier: Norton Stolair, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Becay, Radio Operator: Don Lowrie, Waist gunner: Gene Runser, Waist gunner: Don Armstrong, obs-Joe Easley (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Hal Hughes, Ball turret gunner: Dick Grace,Tail gunner: Bill Esslestine (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Stadtbaumer Farm, on Schiffahter Damm, ten miles NE of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 863. SHORT STUFF.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35303854
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38045422
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 863 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database