42-31447 Cookie
Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-BO.' Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Syracuse 10/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-D] Snetterton 21/12/43; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Jack Splan, Co-pilot: Clinton Ehret, Navigator: Bill Duff, Bombardier: John Gilmore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dale Trautman, Radio Operator: Walt Bailey, Ball turret gunner: Frank Spano, Waist gunner: Tom Zittleman, Waist gunner: Don Pope, Tail gunner: Glenn Williams (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft rocket hits KO'd #1 & #2, crashed Baltic Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 3811. COOKIE.
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Units served with
- 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: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13094692
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15119632 / O-703218
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20724316 / O-752186
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682109
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13127857
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Denver AAF, CO | 18 November 1943 | Delivered Denver AAF, Colorado. |
Assigned |
Snetterton, UK | 21 December 1943 | Assigned 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Baltic Sea | 11 April 1944 - 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock 11-Apr-44; hit by Me110 launched rockets, crashed Balti Sea 10 x KIA MACR 3811 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3811 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database