42-39953 Dutch Cleaner aka Flying Coffin aka Yankee Doodle Dandy

Delivered Long Beach 15/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-D] Framlingham 18/11/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 29/5/44 with Carl Nesbitt, Navigator: Wayne Dyer, Bombardier: Melvin Meyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lyle Larson (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Patterson, Radio Operator: Weldon Pillow, Ball turret gunner: George Hauskins, Waist gunner: Bill Striffler, Waist gunner: Lester Miller, Tail gunner: Joe Finch (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft #1 engine on fire, left aileron and wing damaged, crashed and sunk in a marsh at Horst, near Schonwalde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5313. DUTCH CLEANER aka FLYING COFFIN and YANKEE DOODLE DANDY.

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John Lord

John Alton Lord

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14084189
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Melvin Bernard Meyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757543
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Lester A Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36458785
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Carl Nesbit

Carl Davis Nesbitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690966
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert E Patterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-759760
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

29 May 1944

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the A/C "Nickname" field to aid readability.

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ContributorDaniel McReynolds
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https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/145965
My grandpa flew the same mission

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Added a space to the "Summary biography" for readability.

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Added the nicknames mentioned in the A/C “Description”.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5313 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database