42-102553 Lil 8 Ball

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-K] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; crashed on take off on non-operational flight 26/7/44 when it ran off runway, hit tractor and burnt out; with Claude Williams, p-Paul Deininger, Co-pilot: Herb Newman-Bill Frankhouser, Bombardier: Bill Whitaker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cornelius Harrington, Radio Operator: Norman Bergsman, Ball turret gunner: Arnold Money, Waist gunner: Leroy Kucharski, Waist gunner: Bernard Mackenzie(severe burns),Tail gunner: Steve Kernitz (11 Returned to Duty); transferred AFSC 29/7/44. LIL’ 8 BALL.

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Leroy D Kucharski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36837098
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Arnold Francis Money

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39212073
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier

Herbert H Newman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1291318
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William Douglas Whitaker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19206393 / O-556476
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Claude A Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699497
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne AAF, WY 12 March 1944 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 12-Mar-44.

Assigned

Nuthampstead, UK 26 April 1944 Assigned 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Nuthampstead, UK 26 July 1944 Crashed on take off on non-operational flight 26-Jul-44 when it ran off runway, hit tractor and burnt out; 11 x RTD

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

http://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Aircraft_B-17/index.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log