42-31572 My Beloved Also, My Beloved Too

Delivered Denver 24/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Billings 26/11/43; Kearney 12/12/43; New Castle 18/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 27/12/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-Y] Bassingbourn 23/1/44 MY BELOVED ALSO; Missing in Action 1m Achmer 21/2/44 with Irwin Piacentini, Co-pilot: Jim Rogersdied of severe injuries in c/l, Bombardier: Bob Dodge (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bernard Hart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Miller, Radio Operator: John Wolstenholme, Ball turret gunner: Harry Harding, Waist gunner: Roy Brown, Waist gunner: Rich Libby,Tail gunner: Glenn Selter (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed in brickyard at Hiltrup/Westfalia, three miles S of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2462. MY BELOVED TOO.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Roy W Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert M Dodge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier

Harold R Harding

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Bernard P Hart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard D Liby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Presque Isle

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Presque Isle Army Airfield : Presque Isle Air Force Base : Presque Isle International Airport : PIAAF

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 21 February 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2462 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database