42-3280 Cherokee Maid

Delivered Denver 22/4/43; Presque Is 27/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-M] Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43.



Missing in Action t/o Wilhelmshaven 26/7/43 with Harry Alsop, Navigator: Chas Mathes, Bombardier: Lero Poduszczak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Browne drowned and found near Sylt, Radio Operator: Glen Sheets, Ball turret gunner: Howard Battise body washed up 29/8/43 at Vesterveistadt, Waist gunner: Romeo Varacchi, Waist gunner: Irwin Sewell, Tail gunner: Frank Boyd (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bruce Kreischer (Prisoner of War); ditched Baltic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 84. CHEROKEE MAID.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Harold W Alsop

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Howard S Battise

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Frank L Boyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Joseph F Browne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Bruce M Kreischer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672821
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Crashed

26 July 1943

Revisions

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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17f-40-dl-42-3229-42…

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log