43-37820
Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [4N-A] Sudbury 28/6/44; 833BS [3R-T]; [75m Missing in Action Brandenburg 10/4/45 with Melvin Thaler, Carl Oestreich, Don Wheeler, Art Greenfield togg), Neal Fielder, Chas Grannis, Wallace Minard, Bob Farrell, Leon Lanier tg, George Philips obs (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ziesar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13910.
radio call sign: Trappist Tear
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-006740 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17035040
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14008525 / O-424297
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 26 May 1944 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 26-May-44. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Ziesar, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 10 x POW MACR 13910 |
Manufactured |
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Assigned |
Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
From a personal email sent by the historian/webmaster of the 496th Bomb. Group web page, dated 8th Nov. 2021, and sent to Hans V. von Maltzahn, discussing the B17G bomber, #43-37820, and how Trappist Tear is not a nickname, but a call sign based on the explanation above. hv
See Flight Captain Whitney's Crew & Mission sheet at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address:
https://486th.org/BS832/Whitney.htm
logbook David B Roper, 833rd bomb Squadron, mission to Brest , France, Sept 3rd 1944
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database