41-9032 My Gal Sal
Object Number - UPL 56432 - B-17 41-9032 'My Gal Sal' force landed in Greenland
Assigned 414BS/97BG Presque Is; from Goose Bay, force landed Bluie West One, Greenland en route UK 26/6/42, with 2Lt.Ralph H.Stinson, pilot; 2Lt. Wilson N. McGough, co-pilot; 2Lt Leo O. Frazier, navigator; 2Lt Donald R. Bone, bombardier, , SSgt Tomas K. Laskowski, radio operator; Sgt Wayne S. Heckendorn, assistant radio operator; SSgt Steven K. Breining, tail-gunner; Sgt Harvey Gordon, ball-turret gunner; Cpl Carl C. Bauman, flight engineer; TSgt John R. Patrick, ground crew chief. Passengers: Capt Wendell Freeman, TSgt Kenneth Bright, Sgt Charles Chapman. 10 Returned to Duty; Salvaged. MY GAL SAL. Remains were brought out in 1995, to USC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for a static restoration. Formerly at Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial, Blue Ash Airport, Cincinnati. On 1-Jan-2017, on static display at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. MY GAL SAL.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379318.jpg.webp?itok=n7iztoxa)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6814915
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
26 June 1942 | ||
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Assigned |
Assigned to 414BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Changed squadron assignment which incorrectly listed the 414th Bomb Squadron. Aircraft and crew were assigned to the 342nd Bomb Squadron. Evidenced by multiple sources including copies of orders.
Corrected crew ranks (at time of crash), name misspellings, missing names and crew positions. Various historical documents including National Archive records and rescue reports.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/41-9032-my-gal-sal/
01Jan17 location added to Biography based on personal visit to stated location (and supported by added photograph).
Lee Cunningham 17-Oct-2014 crew names corrected, "Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop and John A Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 17-Oct-2014, "Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop and John A Hey MBE.
