42-31741 Thunderbolt/Hi Fever
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; Missing in Action Liege 25/5/44 with Capt Jim Zengerle, Co-pilot: Albt Millin, Navigator: Walt Travis, Bombardier: Capt Wayne Barnett, Radio Operator: Albt Bibbens, Ball turret gunner: Ed Leonard, Waist gunner: Will Lazar, Waist gunner: Gene Benson, Tail gunner: Lt Bill Moran (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hurdle, Lt Col Bill Chamberlain mission leader (2 Killed in Action); flak KOd #3 and #4, starting fire, crashed Guibersmesnil, eight miles NW of Poix-de-Picardie, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5264. THUNDERBOLT.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14133857
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742081
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39099334
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33290024
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13107396
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 22 February 1944
- Date: 21 February 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
- Date: 13 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 12 December 1943 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 17 January 1944 | 388 BG 562 BS |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Frankfurt, Germany | 29 January 1944 | |
Other Shot Down/Crashed |
Guibersmesnil, Le Mesnil Guilbert, 27660 Bézu-Saint-Éloi, France | 25 May 1944 | Shot down by Flak 21 Combat Missions |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5264 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database