42-37719 Hellcat / Dinah Mite
Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Walla Walla 15/8/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 8/10/43; Missing in Action (12m) Oschersleben 1/11/44 with Don Nason, Co-pilot: Joe Byser, Navigator: Tony Anagnos, Bombardier: Chas Fiery, Radio Operator: Luster Harrah*, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Lab*, Ball Turret gunner: Paul Stonich*, Right Waist gunner: Ray Beus*, Tail gunner: George Whitney* (9 Killed in Action), Left Waist gunner: John Lantz (POW-rescued by Unknown fishermen); flak damaged three engines, ditched Enkhuizerzand, on Ijsselmer, Zuider Zee, Hol; * bodies never found; (Lantz returned when aircraft recovered from Ijsselmeer in Feb 1975, after aircraft found in June 1966); Missing Air Crew Report 1881. HELLCAT.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809475
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19171966
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751258
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746948
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35636245
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
11 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1881 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database