43-38426

media-54511.jpeg UPL 54511 43-38426, 351st BG, 511th BS. Force landing Jönköping, Sweden, Oct. 7 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 54511 - 43-38426, 351st BG, 511th BS. Force landing Jönköping, Sweden, Oct. 7 1944.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/8/44; Lincoln 12/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 21/9/44; Missing in Action `7m` Zwickau 7/10/44 with Allen Fisher, Co-pilot: Tom Carnegie, Navigator: Tony Cannizzaro, Bombardier: Bob Wagoner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Brink, Radio Operator: Chas Stevens, Ball turret gunner: Joe Chickola, Waist gunner: Lester Kern,Tail gunner: Jack Tucker (9INT); flak, force landed Jonkopping, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 9567; ret gp 25/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/2/46.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

People

Thomas W Brink

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Anthony Cannizzaro

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Thomas M Carnegie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph A Chickola

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Allen M Fisher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 7 October 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9367 / MACR 9567 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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