42-5052 Old Testament Mizpah
-B-17F's 42-5060 422nd BS 305th BG, 41-24614 'SNAFU' 346th BS 305th BG, 41-24591 'Rigor Mortis' and 42-5052 'Old Testament' 366th BS, 305th BG among others.
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; New Castle 13/10/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Chelveston 2/11/42; transferred 368BS/306BG [BO-E] Thurleigh 1/5/43; AFSC 19/4/43 - 9/6/43; 359BS/303BG [BN-E] Molesworth 25/9/43; transferred 427BS [GN-E]; Missing in Action 22/2/44 with 358 crew with Jim Moffatt, Co-pilot: Frank Pringle, Bombardier: Paul Mazey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Rowan,Tail gunner: Nick Fizzani (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Gayle Dearborn, Radio Operator: Enos Odell, Ball turret gunner: Vince Loeffel, Waist gunner: Wilbur Sanders, Waist gunner: Jack Slagle (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ganzweiler, due S of Munchen-Gladbach, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 2646. MIZPAH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O811577
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682553
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
- Date: 21 February 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
- Date: 11 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Nordhausen, Germany | 22 February 1944 | Plane was last seen with No. 1 and 2 engines smoking in a controlled descent due to flak. Five crew members bailed out and were taken prisoner. Five more were killed, including one who's chute didn't open. |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2646 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2646 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database