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A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged, crash landed after bombing Magdeburg Germany 28/9/44. Flack came through the windshield and glass got into the eyes of Pilot: Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert flew the plane back with 2 engines out on one wing to Kimbolton, received the DFC, Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Plough, Radio Operator: Harry Gates, Ball turret gunner: John Ingram, Waist gunner: Frank Culfe (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Phil Maniaci (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 9363; repaired & sal re-ass 482BG, then 384BG 1/6/45. THE LOST ANGEL.
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Force landed in B-17 42-38183 on 28-Sep-44. Returned to duty (RTD). MACR 9363
Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne M/Y mission in B-17 43-38633 28-Jan-45; A/C on fire and pilot ordered bail out. Later the fire went out and pilot returned alone to England. Prisoner of War (POW), held at Dulag Luft 12. MACR 12294
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Cologne marshalling yards mission 28 Jan 1945 mission. A/C had a fire in #3 feeder tank. Pilot gave the order to bail out about 20 minutes after target. Later the fire went out and the Pilot flew the ship back to England and landed in Woodbridge,...
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 8/1/44; Albuquerque 12/1/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged during raid on Magdeburg 28/9/44. Took out 2 engines on one wing, flak came through the windshield and glass got into...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/8/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-F] Kimbolton 2/1/45; battle damaged Cologne 28/1/45 with ?; crash landed Woodbridge ALG, UK with pilot only, rest of crew bailed over enemy territory; Salvaged.
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Other location
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| Born | Jewett, Illinois | 27 September 1922 |
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Son of John M and Dulcie A [Brewer] Ingram. |
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| Based | Kimbolton | 1944 – 28 January 1945 |
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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Force landed RTD | Kimbolton, UK | 28 September 1944 |
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Force landed in B-17 42-38183 on 28-Sep-44. Returned to duty (RTD). MACR 9363 |
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| Baled out POW | Cologne, Germany | 28 January 1945 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne 28-Jan-45; Baled out POW. MACR 12294 |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Oberusal, Germany | 28 January 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Dulag Luft 12. |
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| Died | Rolla, MO | 20 May 2007 |
| Buried | Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens, Rolla, MO | 25 May 2007 |
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Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens |
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| 20 December 2018 19:43:22 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28678953 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 December 2018 19:41:42 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, events and unit associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28678953 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 March 2018 09:27:54 | Lucy May | Changes to service number, biography and place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:54 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9363; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 335 |
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