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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Kearney 9/8/44; Lincoln 14/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-L] Framlingham 5/9/44; Missing in Action Friedberg 4/12/44 with George Massa, Cecil Napier, John Cederlind (3 Killed in Action); Dave Wetherill, Francis Zmudka, Bill Reulbach, Theo Albertus, Dan Janish, Omar Grubbs (6 Prisoner of War); flak and exploded, crashed Simmern, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11055.
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crashed on 12/4/44 near Simmern in B-17 #44-8319, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Simmern in B-17 #448319
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 12/4/44 near Simmern in B-17 #448319
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crashed on 12/4/44 near Simmern in B-17 #44-8319, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Simmern in B-17 #448319
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Crashed near Simmern in B-17 #44-8319, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 12/4/44 near Simmern in B-17 #448319
Military | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Completed 34 missions, Crew Number 95
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Flew 9 missions from October 30, 1944 to December 4, 1944: 10/30/44 Merseburg; 11/2/44 Merseburg; 11/4/44 Neunkirchen; 11/6/44 Neumunster; 11/10/44 Weisbaden; 11/16/44 Duren Area; 11/21/44 Glessen; 11/29/44 Hamm; 11/30/44 Merseburg; 12/4/44 Friedburg....
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Crashed on 12/4/44 in B-17 #44-8319 near Simmern, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 4 December 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:56 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11055 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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