42-3543 Sack Time Suzy
Delivered as B-17G-5-DL. 27/7/43. Modifed at Denver ; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-W] Snetterton 9/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Rod Greene, Co-pilot: John Fox, Navigator: Glen Read, Bombardier: Leon Conley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Waldren Troop, Radio Operator: L. J. Fines, Ball turret gunner: George LeBlanc, Waist gunner: John Roberts, Waist gunner: Jim Degnan, Tail gunner: John Lohr (10 INT); force landed Bulltofta a/fd, Sweden, Missing Air Crew Report 946. Became liner SE-BAH, and designated an F-17 with seats installed in re-arranged fuselage, later as fire drill aircraft 1946. SACK TIME SUZY.
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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
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32574214
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38313197
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797509
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39225372 at enlistment, then T-708
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) and Interned (INT) |
9 October 1943 | Freeman lists as G-5-DL. Delivered with Bendix chin turret. |
Revisions
Freeman ... Story, lists as G-5-DL.
Indivdual record card for G-1-DL viewed and shows delivery as G series from factory. Card posted at flying fortress 1936 1945. Marchese, Jan 02 2024.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 946 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database