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B-17 Flying Fortress
Nose art of Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102700 "I'll Get By" 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Summary of the loss of the B-17G 'I'll Get By' of the 412th BS, 95th BG, 8th AF on 2 Aug 44 at Airan, France. Note: existing database on the A/C has a number of errors. Please contact me for attachments listed in the PDF -- too large to upload. jack@wormington.com
Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102700 "I'll Get By" 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF. Photo includes; Oscar Walrod, Frank Sohm, Donald Phillips, Barney Lipkin, Jasper Kaylor, Robert Hill, Raymond Dallas, Walter Collyer, Elmer Bockman, and Robert Baber.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Dow Fd 3/5/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 4/5/44; 22m, Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44 with Capt Bob Baber, Co-pilot: Jasper Kaylor, Navigator: Ray Dallas, Bombardier: Frank Sohm, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Walrod, Radio Operator: Bill Hill, obs-Capt Elmer Bockman mission pilot (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Don Phillips, Waist gunner: Barney Lipkin,Tail gunner: Walt Collyer (3 Prisoner of War); flak set left wing on fire, crashed Cesny-aux-Vignes, SE of Caen, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7701. I'LL GET BY.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Pilot B-17 42-102700 "I'll Get By" Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Captain | Command Pilot, Pilot, Mission | 95th Bomb Group
Mission Command Pilot B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700. Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Tail Gunner B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2-Aug-44, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7701
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Navigator B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Radio Operator B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Co-Pilot B-17 42-102700 "I'll Get By", Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7701
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Right Waist Gunner in B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2/8/44. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Ball Turret Gunner in B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2/8/44. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Top Turret Gunner B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
2 August 1944
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Cesny-aux-Vignes, France | 2 August 1944 – 2 August 1944 |
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Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44. Cause - flak set left wing on fire, crashed Cesny-aux-Vignes, SE of Caen, France. (3 x POW, 7 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR7701. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 December 2015 10:49:36 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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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 7701 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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