43-38362 Sleepytime Gal
info from MACR
Object Number - UPL 30983 - Sleepytime Gal 43-38362 from 306th BG files
Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Dow Fd 10/8/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-K] Thurleigh 22/8/44; Missing in Action Stuttgart 9/12/44 with Bob Brown (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Giglio, Navigator: James B. Walden, Bombardier: Jim Moore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerold Fann, Radio Operator: Ray Ohm, Ball turret gunner: Sam Abdelnour, Waist gunner: Ernie Hovey, Tail gunner: Joe Bollard (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wolfach, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11342. SLEEPY TIME GAL.
As per MACR, crew bailed out over Wolfach, Germany. Unmanned aircraft continued to fly abut 60km westward into France, and crashed in the forest near Fouchy. Information provided by Jean-Luc-Maurer, who excavated the crash site and found conclusive evidence of the aircraft's provenance. (See additional media item)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32741414
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-815824
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18162152
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818654
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 9 December 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Stuttgart, Germany | 9 December 1944 | |
|
Crashed |
67220 Fouchy, France | 9 December 1944 |
Revisions
Additional info provided by Jean-Luc Maurer, who excavated the crash site.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
