42-97246

media-37434.png UPL 37434 Boeing B-17G-45-BO Fortress Serial 42-97246 (USAAF)

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Object Number - UPL 37434 - Boeing B-17G-45-BO Fortress Serial 42-97246 (USAAF)

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG Bassingbourn 25/3/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Julius Anderson, Co-pilot: Frank Gubernat, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jewel Maddox, Waist gunner: Martin Goldberg,Tail gunner: Aldrich Seeley (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Joe Stuart, Bombardier: Jim Graham, Radio Operator: Andy Beluschak, Ball turret gunner: Joe Brennan, Waist gunner: Chas Clark (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed swampy area near Neuenkirchen, 15 miles NE of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3474.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802694
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32466450
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 March 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Added Co-Pilot's name in Connections; mission number

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3474 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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