42-3088 Sugar Puss
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; Assigned 41OBS/94BG Presque Is 9/4/43; Earls Colne 16/4/43; Rougham 15/6/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-G] Grafton Underwood 12/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Clarence Christman, Navigator: Vern Dennett, Radio Operator: John Gillis, Ball turret gunner: Bob Leonard,Tail gunner: Jerome Goubeauz (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Carroll, Bombardier: Bill Sears, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Detrick, Waist gunner: S.G.Stephenson, Waist gunner: Carl Hill (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed between Bliedersdorf and Harsefeld, 20 miles W of Hamburg, Ger. No MACR. SUGAR PUSS.
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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
- 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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-450218
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11053557
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 6 February 1943 - 9 April 1943 | For modification |
|
Delivered |
Presque Isle, ME, USA | 9 April 1943 - 16 April 1943 | For move to England |
|
Assigned |
Earls Colne, Colchester England, UK | 16 April 1943 - 15 June 1943 | 94th Bomb Group, 410th Bomb Squadron |
|
Transferred |
Bury St Edmunds, England, UK | 15 June 1943 - 12 July 1943 | Moved to Station 468 |
|
Transferred |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 12 July 1943 - 25 July 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron |
|
Crashed |
Bliedersdorf, Germany | 25 July 1943 - 25 July 1943 | MIA on mission to Hamburg. Shot down by enemy aircraft. No MACR |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database