B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-T] Kimbolton 28/6/44; Missing in Action French Noball site 17/7/44 with Steve Barish, Co-pilot: Wainwright Twing, Navigator: Art Connors, Bombardier: Joaquin Ponce, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Savio, Radio Operator: Bob Bluemling, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Murray, Waist gunner: Ken Sexton,Tail gunner: Elbert Miner (9 Killed in Action); flak, disappeared in clouds on return, crashed Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 7839.
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 | Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-17 #42102961
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed in channel in B-17 #42102961
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-17 #42102961
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-17 #42102961
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and ditched in channel in B-17 #42102961
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and ditched in channel in B-17 #42102961
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-17 #42102961
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed in channel 7/17/44 in B-17 42-102961.
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) | France | 17 July 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7839 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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