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B-17 Flying Fortress
Nose art on Flying Fortress B-17G 42-97858 'Lady Fortune' 412nd BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Nose art on Flying Fortress B-17G 42-97858 'Lady Fortune' 412nd BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 17/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 30/4/44 LADY FORTUNE; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-Y] 1/5/44; 82m, Missing in Action Cologne 10/1/45 with Roger Rand, Navigator: Irving Plinskin, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bright (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Setterfield, Bombardier: Chas Mullins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Adcock, Radio Operator: Elbert Everett, Waist gunner: George Mason,Tail gunner: Clyde Bell (6 Killed in Action); #2 engine on fire, crashed Okoven, Ger ?. Missing Air Crew Report 11743. CARMEN'S FOLLY aka LADY FORTUNE.
Group
"The Bloody Hundredth", so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews, flew B-17s from Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. Their losses were not the highest of any Eighth Air Force Group but on several occasions the Group lost many...
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
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) at Okoven in B-17 'Lady Fortune' #42-97858.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) at Okoven in B-17 'Lady Fortune' 42-97858.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Crashed at Okoven on 10 Jan 45 in B-17 'Lady Fortune' #42-97858, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Crashed at Okoven in B-17 'Lady Fortune' #42-97858, Killed in Action (KIA).
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 | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) at Okoven in B-17 'Lady Fortune' #4297858
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Charles was killed before he could parachute to safety as the aircraft exploded; he stayed behind, after the remaining crew exited the aircraft, to destroy the Nordan bomb site (to prevent it from falling into German hands)
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Okoven on 10 Jan 45 in B-17 :Lady Fortune' #4297858
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
At age 20, flew 23 missions. Shot down 10 January 1945. Prisoner of War (POW). in B-17 'Lady Fortune' #42-97858. Plane blew up at 11,000 feet. Nobody bailed, but 3 of us survived. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 3A for 4 1/2 months. Navigator E....
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Okoven in B-17 'Lady Fortune #4297858
10 January 1945
Military site : airfield
Home of the 'Bloody Hundredth’, a Bomb Group with a reputation for high casualty rates, Thorpe Abbotts was under USAAF control from June 1943 to the end of the war. Some of the airfield survives today, and the control tower houses the 100th Bomb Group...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Germany | 10 January 1945 – 10 January 1945 |
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Missing in Action Cologne 10/1/45. #2 engine on fire, crashed Okoven, Germany. (3 x POW, 6 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR11743. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 December 2015 11:56:13 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
| Sources | ||
AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 March 2015 19:46:42 | willelmore | Changes to nicknames |
| Sources | ||
www.95thbg-horham |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11743 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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