B-17 Flying Fortress
Harold A Greenwell, Enigineer & Top Gunner 379th Bomb Group, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force
Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 28/4/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-P] Kimbolton 13/5/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 18/6/44 with Steve King, Navigator: Don Casey, Bombardier: Chas Henry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Wheeler, Ball turret gunner: Jim Hagen (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Milton Miller, Radio Operator: Chas Rutishauser, Waist gunner: Zigfryd Czamecki, Tail gunner: Gene Miller (4 Killed in Action); flak set #3 alight, crashed SW of Pinneberg, near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5989. G.I. JANE.
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg on 6/18/44 in B-17 #42102628 Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg in B-17 #42-102628 by flak, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Flew under squadron commander Robert F. Layton, operations Officer. 15 missions over france. 15 missions over Germany
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg on 6/18/44 in B-17 #42-102628, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg on 6/18/44 by flak in B-17 #42102628
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg on 6/18/44 in B-17 42-102628 Prisoner of War.
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg in B-17 #42102628 by flak Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg by flak on 6/18/44 in B-17 #42102628 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down at Hamburg in B-17 #42102628 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War. Hamburg, Germany 18 June 1944 mission 'GI Jane' was observed on fire prior to target. The plane stayed in formation dropped its bombs and peeled off into a dive to put the fire out.
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 18 June 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 December 2021 20:24:19 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:11 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5989 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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