B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 4/2/44; Presque Is 6/3/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-L] Podington 25/3/44; Missing in Action Sorau, Ger 11/4/44 with John Weaver, Bombardier: John Donohue, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bert Bailiff, Radio Operator: Jim Underwood, Ball turret gunner: Bob Thomas, Waist gunner: Woodrow Rains, Waist gunner: Henry Garcia,Tail gunner: Bob Whitford (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Sam Appleby, Navigator: Paul Miller (2KIA-escape hatches jammed); enemy aircraft caused mid-air explosion, crashed Isenbuttel, 11 miles N of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3675.
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42107044. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-107044, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42107044. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42107044. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42107044. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42107044. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42107044. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-107044, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-107044, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42107044. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military site : airfield
Built originally to accommodate two RAF bomber squadrons, the first USAAF unit to occupy the base was the 15th Bomb Squadron in September 1942. Podington was then used as a satellite for nearby Chelveston. Work to lengthen the runways, although this...
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 11 April 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3675 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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