Wayne L Maloney

Military

Radio operator, Butler crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Member of the Jobe crew. Bailed out 5 November 1943 from B-17 #42-29755 'Gremlins Delite'. Mission #42 to the railroad marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Pilot Butler returned to base with 3 crewmen as 6 had bailed out over Southern Holland to become Prisoner of War (POW)s.

The 533rd BS War Diary has the men who bailed out as landing near the airfield at West Malling in Kent. The 242nd Medical Detachment War Diary lists them as POW's.

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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

John K Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-674540
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Haden T Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-769351
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William D Butler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742958
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Inman G Jobe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kinley W Lindsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11050999
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-29755

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: LITTLE CEASAR, Gremlins Delite, Last Straw
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group

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5 November 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 511