42-97872 Rosie's Sweat Box

media-23180.jpeg UPL 23180 B-17G-35-VE #42-97872 “Rosie’s Sweat Box” Code: IW-A
401st Bomb Group – 614th Bomb Squadron – 8th AF

Chris Brassfield

Object Number - UPL 23180 - B-17G-35-VE #42-97872 “Rosie’s Sweat Box” Code: IW-A 401st Bomb Group – 614th Bomb Squadron – 8th AF

Delivered Tulsa 22/3/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Dow Fd 25/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 1/6/44; crashed on take off Dutch flak inst. 17/9/44 with Francis Cooke, Co-pilot: Paul Clark, Navigator: Chas Werner, Bombardier: Frank Jorgensen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilford Dahlin, Radio Operator: Bill Weston, Ball turret gunner: Joe Page, Waist gunner: John Browning, Tail gunner: Walt Ambrogetti (9KOM); hit the Weldon/Oundle Road, Northamptonshire, and exploded with full load of gas and bombs. Salvaged. ROSIE'S SWEAT BOX.

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Units served with

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.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Walter Joseph Ambrogetti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39340378
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Ancil Lorin Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Brown A Bralley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, waist gunner; Nose Gunner, Togglier

John R Browning

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Paul H Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa, OK, USA 22 March 1944

Assigned

Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK 1 June 1944 401st BG 614th BS

Crashed

Oundle Rd, Weldon, Corby, UK 17 September 1944 - 17 September 1944 Crashed onto the Weldon/Oundle Road and exploded with a full load of gas and bombs - 9 men killed

Revisions

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

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Contributor466thHistorian
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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Contributor466thHistorian
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15990 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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