42-37874 Who Dat - Ding Bat
Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 2/11/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 3/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Bill Swope, Co-pilot: Norm Weider, Navigator: Bob Prolow (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Bombardier: Doug Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Robinson, Radio Operator: Dick Street, Ball turret gunner: Jim Harbison, Waist gunner: Earl Robinson, Waist gunner: Elmer Congdon (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Tail gunner: Francis Magner (10 Killed in Action); ran out of fuel, crashed Tessel Is., Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1532. WHO DAT - DING BAT.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395080.jpg?itok=lDjA9Nui)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 548th Bomb Squadron, 385th Group. Featuring Bugs Bunny.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395081.jpg?itok=kL3Hx93t)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![W L Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/Swope%20Crew.jpeg?itok=klA2OdHv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
![W L Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/Swope%20Crew.jpeg?itok=klA2OdHv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31143395
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
![W L Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/Swope%20Crew.jpeg?itok=klA2OdHv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
![W L Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/Swope%20Crew.jpeg?itok=klA2OdHv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11105273
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
![Robert Prolow](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/56293510_70b2b691-6212-4471-b3c3-a36b048a339e.jpeg?itok=9ihXJ1pG)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670241
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
![Replica entrance sign at Great Ashfield, home of the 385th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Replica of entrance to Station 155.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-413589.jpg?itok=YO6o1ACf)
- Site type: Airfield
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-17685.jpeg?itok=YnT25Bel)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Bremen, Germany | 29 November 1943 | |
Crashed |
Texel, Netherlands |