42-38117 Touch the Button Nell II

media-32853.jpeg UPL 32853 "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group en route to bomb enemy installations in Europe leave vapor trails in the sky. Note flak bursting around planes."

- B-17G 42-38117 'Touch The Button Nell II' 535BS, 381BG, 8AF pictured bottom centre.

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Object Number - UPL 32853 - "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group en route to bomb enemy installations in Europe leave vapor trails in the sky. Note flak...

Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG MS-T] Ridgewell 26/2/44; 4+m Missing in Action Tours 4/7/44 with Bob Bobrof, Co-pilot: George DeVono, Navigator: Chas Cole, Bombardier: Bernie Goodman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dell, Ball turret gunner: Ed Polski,Tail gunner: Tom Snyder (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Clinton Word, Waist gunner: Ken Hitchcock (2EVD, both back in UK by 10 Aug); mech fault #1 and #3, crashed L’Etang de Chaume, near Amboise, Persac, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 6779. TOUCH THE BUTTON NELL II. (Dug up by French archeological group in Feb. 1986 looking for Roman remains, via crop marks showing from the air, when a local farmer pointed out that a US aircraft crashed in that field in WW II ).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Bob B Bobrof

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-815627
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles D Cole

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George W Dell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

George J Devono

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-760801
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Bernard Goodman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 4 July 1944

Revisions

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Sources

S/n lists

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6773 / MACR 6779 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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