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42-97545

Delivered Denver 17/12/43; Albuquerque 21/12/43; Langley 14/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 29/1/44; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 30/1/44; 33BS/94BG [XM- ] Rougham 3/44; Missing in Action Brandenburg 18/4/44 with Gay Rieder, Navigator: Bert Brooks, xn-Elvin Hemp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Elkin, Radio Operator: Herb Geilert, Waist gunner: Matt Cerasaro, Waist gunner: Bob Hoegh,Tail gunner: Herb Kurinsky (8 Prisoner of War); Com P-Maj Lew Weimer, Bombardier: Chas Coleman (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Nauen, three miles N of Retzow, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4160.

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Units served with

Five men in Air Force uniforms posed in front of a building. Three are standing and two kneeling. The three men standing are wearing dark bomber-style jackets and one man is holding two fingers up behind the head of another man.

332nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Bert W Brooks

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Matthew P Cerasaro

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Charles G Coleman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-679369
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Charles A Elkin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Herbert P Geilert

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Aerial photograph of Alconbury airfield, looking east. The technical site is at the top, the bomb dump is on the left, 9 May 1944. Photograph taken by 13th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group USAAF, sortie number US/7GR/LOC334. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Alconbury

Site type: Airfield

Aerial photography Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) airfield, looking north, the technical site and T2 hangar are to the right, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1557. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bury St Edmunds

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Rougham

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'

Snetterton Heath

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Station 138

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

18 April 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:13

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database