42-31103 Pegasus Too
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UPL 38010
"Crew of the 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pegasus, Too'. England, 8 February 1944."
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Eugene S Budzbanowski, 2Lt Joseph D McGovern Jr, 1Lt Charles B Miller, S/Sgt Richard E Ratley.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Leslie G Thibodeau, T/Sgt John Ellis Lower, 2Lt Stephen W Mitrick, S/Sgt Bernard J Shaw, 2Lt Kenneth M Kelley.
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Eugene S Budzbanowski, 2Lt Joseph D McGovern Jr, 1Lt Charles B Miller, S/Sgt Richard E Ratley.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Leslie G Thibodeau, T/Sgt John Ellis Lower, 2Lt Stephen W Mitrick, S/Sgt Bernard J Shaw, 2Lt Kenneth M Kelley.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gr Island 5/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Lloyd Wilson, Co-pilot: Chas Coleman, Bombardier: John Markert, Radio Operator: Francis Seibel, Ball turret gunner: Ed Shaw, Waist gunner: Claud Dearmond, Waist gunner: Guadalupe Sandoval (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Watts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Hessler, Tail gunner: Chas Gregory (3 Prisoner of War); col with enemy aircraft, crashed Steyerberg, nine miles SW of Nienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3594. PEGASUS, TOO.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694393
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35665184
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18189687
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 20 September 1943 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 26 October 1943 | 388 BG 563 BS |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
31595 Steyerberg, Germany | 23 March 1944 |