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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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39114771
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32781664
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
29 May 1944 |
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My grandpa flew the same mission
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5313 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database