42-97600

media-37853.jpeg UPL 37853 Crew of various B 17 Fortresses that flew 13 missions before being shot down with flack on a bombing run to Merseberg on 21 Nov 1944.
The B 17 was numbered 4297600. The plane pictured was for photo purposes only.
The crew was placed in German Prisoner of War Camps. SSGT James J Huffman is Back Row, 4th from the left. He was the right Waist Gunner

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Object Number - UPL 37853 - Crew of various B 17 Fortresses that flew 13 missions before being shot down with flack on a bombing run to Merseberg on 21 Nov 1944. The B 17 was...

Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Langley 26/1/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 27/4/44; transferred 351BG [ -Y] Polebrook 14/6/44; 614BS/401BG [IW-Y] Deenethorpe 20/8/44; 613BS [IN-Y].



Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Francis Rundell, Ray Johnson, Rene Champagne, Bill Shearer, Harry Mears, Art Trojanowski, Jim Huffman, Bob Ice, Lt Alistair Currie radar nav (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Merseburg; Missing Air Crew Report 10410.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-719023
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Radar Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

  • Date: 21 November 1944
  • Date: 2 November 1944
  • Date: 14 October 1944
  • Date: 7 October 1944
  • Date: 30 September 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 21 November 1944

Revisions

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Contributorphil marchese
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Correction in serial and block format; and manufactuer plant

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Contributorphil marchese
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FORTLOG, Osborne
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10410 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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