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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-W] Horham 1/5/44; 336BS [ET-R]; 18m, Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with Jim Redin, Co-pilot: Jim Ward, Navigator: Bob Meinke, Bombardier: Bill Hearne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Smith, Radio Operator: George Paolantonio, Ball turret gunner: Russ Loughner, Waist gunner: Bob Rozck, Waist gunner: John Reed,Tail gunner: Lloyd Iverson (10 Killed in Action); flak hit sent ship down which exploded, crashed Neubiburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7500.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Squadron
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Instructor/Evaluator/SquadronCC | 95th Bomb Group
Completed 30 missions between May 7, 1944 and September 3, 1944
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 34297856
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 #4297856
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 #4297856
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 #42-97856, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 #4297856
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 #4297856
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action. Shot down by flak and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 42-97856.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Neubiberg in B-17 #4297856
12 July 1944
Picked up a few flak holes. Overcast weather all the way. Another long ride. This makes 17 completed Missions.
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Neubiberg, Germany | 12 July 1944 – 12 July 1944 |
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Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44. Cause - The flak over the target was intense and accurate, and the tail section of the plane was hit so severely that it was seen breaking up, sending the plane into a steep, and fatal nose dive, as it |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 December 2015 11:49:25 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7500 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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