B-17 Flying Fortress
A B-17G Flying Fortress (GL-R, serial number 42-102457) of the 410th Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, is inside a hangar at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). Official caption on image: "900 (44) WPU. 4-27-44. Rougham. B17-G. 42-102457. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse of print: '94th Bomb Group, [damaged, 4th?] Combat Wing, 3rd Air Div.'
Albert Harney. 2nd Lt and bombardier from Chicago. Completed 1 mission. "Very easy to get along with."
Edwin Meyer/Weyer. Second lt and co-pilot from Chicago. Completed 1 mission. "Very well liked by enlisted men."
Wengen, September 1944. Some of crew #3488 from #42-102457. James Lewis (NJ), Mike Rodman (CA), Morris Holt (TX), Russ Lindenbaum (CA), James Flanagan (MA)
James Flanagan. Staff sgt, radio operator. From Boston. Enlisted July 27 1942. Basic training at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Miss. "Very hard to get along with."
James Lewis
Wendell O Scott. Pilot and second lt from Chicago. Completed 3 missions. "Commanding sort of individual."
Mention in MACR 4162 about the circumstances of the bailing out of Sgts David C. Blodgett, Carl J. Eckhart and Frank G. Scorsune. All three were subsequently made prisoner. The pilot, Lt Frank A. Bartos flew the plane back to England.
42-102457 being escorted in Swiss airspace by Swiss fighters
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Field 4 March 1944; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Rougham 6 April 1944. Nicknamed "FILTHY HAG". Was hit by Flak at an altitude of 23,000 feet on the 22 April 1944 mission to Hamm, Germany. It caught fire, 2 engines on the same side were knocked out and the communications system destroyed. David Blodgett, Right Waist Gunner Frank G. Scorsune and Radio Operator Carl J. Eckhart bailed out of the burning plane. The aircraft was flown back to England by the pilot, Lt Frank A. Bartos and the three men were made prisoner.Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4162.
Missing in Action Munich 12 July 1944 with Pilot Wendell O. Scott; Co-pilot: Edwin T. Weyer; Navigator: Tazwell B. Wingfield; Bombardier: Albert G. Harney Jr; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Morris E. Holt; Radio Operator: James L. Flanagan; Ball turret gunner: James W. Lewis; Left Waist gunner: Byron K. Long; Right Waist gunner: Russell L. Lindenbaum; Tail gunner: Michael L. Rodman (10 Interned in Switzerland) - Mechanical fault KO’d engines #2 and #3; aircraft force landed Dubendorf, Switzerland. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 7510. Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 7 October 1945; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14 January 1946. Had been renamed "GLORIA".
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 490th Bomb Group
Flew on B-17G 42-102457 'Gloria'.
After completing a tour of 30 missions with the 410th BS Frank was transferred to the 490th Bomber Group. His death on 10th July 1985 was reported by his widow Florence.
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
David C. Blodgett grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended Franklin High School there and enlisted in the Air Corps in October 1942. In February 1944, he was stationed with the 305th Bomb Group in Ardmore, Oklahoma as an instructor in aerial...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 94th Bomb Group
Carl J. Eckhart was Radio Operator on B-17G #42-102457 'Filthy Hag" when it was hit by Flak at an altitude of 23,000 feet on the 22 April 1944 mission to Hamm, Germany. The plane caught fire, 2 engines on the same side were knocked out and the...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 94th Bomb Group
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria #42102457
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 94th Bomb Group
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria' #42102457
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in 'Gloria' #42102457
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria' 42-102457.
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Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria' #42102457
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria' #42102457
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria' #42102457
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Dübendorf, Switzerland | 12 July 1944 |
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Force-landed in Dübendorf, Switzerland |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) and Interned (INT) | Dübendorf, Switzerland | 12 July 1944 – 1945 |
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Aircraft stayed in Switzerland till after the end of hostilities and was brought back to the US. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 30 November 2017 15:37:18 | ram957 | Changes to media associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 September 2015 16:48:50 | ED-BB | Changes to markings, description, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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MACR 4162 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4162 / MACR 7510 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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