42-37968 Little Audrey

media-36668.jpeg UPL 36668 2Lt Alvin B Lynch, Co-Pilot on B17 42-37968 " Little Audrey" 94th Bomb Group, hit by flak, two engines on fire, then tail snapped off, crashed Johanneskirchnermoos, seven miles E of Munich, Germany

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Object Number - UPL 36668 - 2Lt Alvin B Lynch, Co-Pilot on B17 42-37968 " Little Audrey" 94th Bomb Group, hit by flak, two engines on fire, then tail snapped off, crashed...

Delivered Denver 28/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-X] Rougham 9/12/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 18/3/44 with Harry O’Neill, Co-pilot: Alvin Lynch, Navigator: Bill Bright, Bombardier: Chas Eberhardt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Morin, Radio Operator: Emilio Signorelli, Waist gunner: Fred Baurschmidt (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Jim Schmitt, Waist gunner: Frank Baier,Tail gunner: Vince Mellina (3 Killed in Action); flak, two engines on fire, then tail snapped off, crashed Johanneskirchnermoos, seven miles E of Munich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3418. LITTLE AUDREY.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Franklin Baier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37438371
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Frederick John Bauerschmidt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32716603
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William Ellery Bright

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809477
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Matthew Eberhardt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746571
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Alvin Bernard Lynch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751378
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 18 March 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3418 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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