42-97471 Male Call

media-20445.jpeg UPL 20445 England - Two USAAF Officers of the Flying Fortress 'Male Call' [B-17 42-97471] kneel in the wind and rain beside the damaged plane which brought them safely back from attack by US Heavy bombers on Frankfurt - 20 May 1944. Chaplain Martin Collett of Carey, Ohio, invokes benediction on Lt's Brophy and Beckman. The Fortress crash-landed at the field when its undercarriage folded, yet the pilot and entire crew escaped uninjured.

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Object Number - UPL 20445 - England - Two USAAF Officers of the Flying Fortress 'Male Call' [B-17 42-97471] kneel in the wind and rain beside the damaged plane which brought...

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 457BG [N] Glatton 27/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 11/3/44; 1m crash landed base ex-Frankfurt 20/3/44 with Bernard Beckman, Cp- Capt Doug Winter (threw wrong switch - u/c coll), Navigator: Dave Brophy, Bombardier: George Speer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dirling, Radio Operator: Abe Levine, Ball turret gunner: Garold Frain, Waist gunner: Rob Rush. Weg-Bob Luth, Tail gunner: Nick Rossi (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2 SAD 21/3/44.

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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

Bernard F Beckman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672302
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

David H Brophy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749420
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George Dirling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Garold R Frain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Abraham N Levine

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

http://www.381st.org/Unit-History/Aircraft-Inventory

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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