42-3545 Lizbeth II
Delivered Denver 2/8/43; Grand Island 12/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 9/43; with K. Rongstad force landed Sntterton Heath 10/10/43; with Andy Rozentinsky 20/12/43 Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T Whitman, Waist gunner: S. Eastling (both wia); 13m, Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Andy Rozentinsky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Vandam (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Phil Warner, Navigator: Jennings Beck, Bombardier: Omar Patterson (3 evaded capture); Radio Operator: Bob Buchanan, Ball turret gunner: Chas Staudt, Waist gunner: Ragnar Kvickstrom, Waist gunner: Larry Esala,Tail gunner: Bill Kiner (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hulste, 19 miles SW of Ghent, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 2257. LIZBETH II.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31132368
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13033278 / O-739049
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19056054 and O-675123
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13059914 / O-743099
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 30 November 1943
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 13 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
10 October 1943 | Force landed Snetterton Heath 10/10/43. Pilot Lt K Rongstad. | |
Crashed |
20 December 1943 | Force landed with pilot Lt Andy Rozentinsky 20/12/43. | |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
29 January 1944 - 29 January 1944 | Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Hulste, 19 miles SW of Ghent, Belgium. (2 x POW, 3 x EVD, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2257. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database