42-97520 Peg-O-My-Heart

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Gr Island 30/12/43; Presque Is 20/1/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 29/1/44; Co-pilot: Jerome Bowers (Killed in Action), p-Paul Breeding Wounded in Action 20/2/44;



Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Sanderson Sloane, Co-pilot: Hartley Seymour, Navigator: Jim Leary, Bombardier: Don Makins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis Courtney, Radio Operator: Ed Harke, Ball turret gunner: Rich Spens, Waist gunner: Francis Chard, Tail gunner: Cletis Campbell (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Bob Kritzer (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed woods near Schlebusch, Lippmanstraase, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2881.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34393533
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 22 February 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorEmily
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Transferred information from duplicate record. Nickname provided by the granddaughter of one of the crew.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2881 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database