42-107095 Little bit

Delivered Tulsa 18/2/44; Gr Island 2/3/44; Grenier 3/4/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-F] Thorpe Abbotts 7/4/44; Missing in Action French A/Fds 5/6/44 with Mark Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McAuliffe, Radio Operator: Gene Sweeney, Ball turret gunner: Don Rohasek, Waist gunner: Bill Moreland, Waist gunner: Glover Nall, Tail gunner: Cecil Davis (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Roth, Navigator: John Johnson, Bombardier: Ralph Kroenke (3 Killed in Action); hit by ground rocket and veered into collision with #43-37591 (100BG); crashed Channel ten miles off Hardelot, S of Boulougne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5384.LITTLE BIT.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Cecil Gene Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39555544
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John T Johnston

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-691762
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ralph A Kroenke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16006765 / O-688708
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John W McAuliffe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32280729
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

William Earl Moreland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39021182
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

392

  • Date: 5 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Aircraft

43-37591

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 18 February 1944 Delivered Tulsa AAF 18-Feb-44.

Assigned

Thorpe Abbotts, UK 7 April 1944 Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

English Channel 5 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Abbeville with Wilson crew 5-Jun-44; mid air collision went down in English Channel. 7 x POW, 3 x KIA MACR 5384

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Douglas.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28650590

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28650590

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5384 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database