42-30852 Hot Toddy, Blowin Bessie

Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/43; Memphis 10/8/43; Dalhart 16/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 24/9/43 HOT TODDY; Missing in Action 3m Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Don Hopp, Navigator: Marshall Tyler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Girvan (3 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Walter Carr, Bombardier: Bill Johnston (drowned), Radio Operator: Roy East, Ball turret gunner: Armand Richards, Waist gunner: Julius Greer, Waist gunner: Bob True, Tail gunner: Dick Woodyatt (7KIA - six not recovered); flak, crashed in water at Hollands Diep, near Klundert, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 1399. (Recovered Oct 1969). BLOWIN' BESSIE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Walter C Carr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801752
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Roy W East

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35486698
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Alexander M Girvan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33351114
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Julius F Greer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34356868
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Donald Keith Hopp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17038024 at enlistment, then O-523266
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5 November 1943

Crashed

4791 Klundert, Netherlands 5 November 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1399 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database