43-38150 Giddy
Hutchinson & Cortright
Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned to 490 BG Eye 21/7/44.
Failed to return from a Berlin mission on 3/2/45, and force landed at Reczyn, Poland.
Crew landed and returned to duty.
Pilot: Lieutenant Si Spiegel;
Co-pilot: 2nd Lieutenant William J. Hole;
Radio operator: Staff Sergeant Maurice Carpenter;
Navigator: Raymond Patulski;
Bombardier, Staff Sergeant Charles Sanduski;
Gunners:
Staff Sergeant James J. Coffrey
Staff Sergeant Dale Tyler
Staff Sergeant Franck Stockton
Staff Sergeant Salvatore Novarra.
Salvaged 23/3/45.
Missing Air Crew Report 12238.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35793549
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768284
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36657552
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39922698
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
3 February 1945 |
Revisions
This Fortress landed in Bodzanów near Płock in Poland. The engine and some parts were used as spare parts for the 44-6592 Star Dust. Star Dust was landed in Toruń, where I live :) Please, look at this link for a interested pics:
http://odkrywca.pl/bombowiec-z-bodzanowa-,497174.html
My father's description of the aircraft. For photos of the plane after the crash landing in Poland, see http://fort-rogowo24.pl/77.html
(in Polish)
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12238 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database