42-37820
Object Number - UPL 35310 - "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses returning from Munster, Germany on November 11, 1943."
Delivered Long Beach 9/9/43;Gr Island 17/10/43; as 331BS/94BG [QE-R] Rougham 26/10/43; transferred 333BS [TS-F]; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Don Sharp, Co-pilot: Tom Sheedy, Navigator: Fred Irwin, Bombardier: Orin Gurley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Deutsch, Radio Operator: Gus Lobone, Ball turret gunner: John Fees, Waist gunner: Ken Majeska, Waist gunner: Bill Nall,Tail gunner: Joe Miksic (10 Returned to Duty); mechanical problems and ran out of gas before crash landed St Marys-in-the-Marsh, Romney Marsh, Kent, UK.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16133926
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35324275
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38222870
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801214 and 20342238 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752023
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA | 9 September 1943 | Delivered Long Beach AAF 9-Sep-43. |
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Assigned |
Rougham UK | 26 October 1943 | Assigned to 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed |
St Mary's in the Marsh, Romney Marsh, Kent | 31 December 1943 | Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 mechanical problems and ran out of gas before crash landed St Marys-in-the-Marsh, Romney Marsh, Kent, UK. 10 x RTD. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Douglas. | |
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Assigned |
Rougham UK | Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1755 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database