42-3506 Sir Baboon McGoon

Personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3506) nicknamed "Sir Baboon McGoon" of the 91st Bomb Group prepare for take off at Tannington, December 1943. Written on slide casing: 'Sir Baboon McGoon/ 324 BS, Tannington, Suffolk 12/43.' media-387999.jpg FRE 5734 Personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3506) nicknamed "Sir Baboon McGoon" of the 91st Bomb Group prepare for take off at Tannington, December 1943. Written on slide casing: 'Sir Baboon McGoon/ 324 BS, Tannington, Suffolk 12/43.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5734 - Personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3506) nicknamed "Sir Baboon McGoon" of the 91st Bomb Group prepare for take off at...

Delivered Hill 12/7/43; Walla Walla 20/8/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-H] Bassingbourn 22/9/43 then 324BS [DF-B]; crash landed Tannington, UK. no gas 10/10/43; 1 SAD Troston, repaired & ret 19/2/44;



Missing in Action 4m Waggum 29/3/44 with Edgar Downing, Co-pilot: Leon Tannenbaum, Navigator: Chris Allison, Bombardier: Stan Sadlo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Heck, Radio Operator: Andy Hrenkerich, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Smith, Waist gunner: Bill McKee, Waist gunner: Curtis Campbell, Tail gunner: Tom Mast (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, ditched off Dutch coast, 50 miles W of Ijmuiden, Hol, picked up by German flotilla boat; Missing Air Crew Report 3473. SIR BABOON McGOON.

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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

Chris P Allison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Curtis Willett Campbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Edgar C Downing

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 92141070
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles M Heck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Andrew Hrenkevich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13171074
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Tannington, Woodbridge IP13 7LU, UK 10 October 1943

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Waggum, 38110 Braunschweig, Germany 29 March 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3473 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-3506: Gallery (2 items)

Personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3506) nicknamed "Sir Baboon McGoon" of the 91st Bomb Group prepare for take off at Tannington, December 1943. Written on slide casing: 'Sir Baboon McGoon/ 324 BS, Tannington, Suffolk 12/43.'

Object number: FRE 5734 - Personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

Ground personnel of the 91st Bomb Group fit a nose turret to a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3506) nicknamed "Sir Baboon McGoon" at Tannington, December 1943. Written on slide casing: 'Tannington, Suffolk 12/43.'.'

Object number: FRE 5739 - Ground personnel of the 91st Bomb Group fit a nose...