96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 2 March 1944; Kansas City 7 March 1944; Grenier 21 April 1944. Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25 April 1944 (no operations). Transferred 339BS/96BG [BX- ] Horham 28 April 1944. Missing in Action Brux, Czechoslovakia, 12 May 1944 with Pilot Harold H. Tucker, Co-pilot Robert A. Greenwoodchute failed, Navigator: Samuel R. Detwiler Jr, Bombardier: Walter Slemensky,Tail gunner: Jennings C. Greuter, Flight engineer/Top Turret gunner: Lloyd D. Stoller, Radio Operator: James A. Davis Jr, Ball turret gunner: Willis D. Boatwright, Waist gunner: Lavern B. Maisak, Waist gunner: Lawrence L. Witt. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed near Merzhausen, four miles SW of Usingen, Germany. 5 men are killed in action (KIA-) : Sam Detwiler Jr, Bob Greenwood, Jennings Greuter, Walt Slemensky and their pilot Harry Tucker. The 5 others are made Prisoners of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report : MACR 5359.
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Willis Boatright was a Ball Turret Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW).
Re-enlisted as a Sergent in the USAAF in Albany, New York on 12 November 1946.
James Davis served in the Air Force in Korea and Viet-Nam.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Samuel Detwiler was a Navigator in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Robert Greenwood was a Co-Pilot in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Jennings Greuter was a Tail Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
LaVern Maisak was a Left Waist Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
2nd Lt Walter Slemensky was a Bombardier in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Lloyd Stoller was a Top Turret Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Harold Tucker was a Pilot in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer/Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Lawrence Witt was a Flight Engineer/Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW).
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12 May 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....
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
Military site : non-airfield
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
Event | Location | Date |
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Failed to Return (FTR) | Merzhausen, Germany | 12 May 1944 |
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29 May 2020 20:06:15 | kstrykerAK | Changes to markings, unit associations and place associations |
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Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. pages 140, 147, 293 See also https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/106588 Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan |
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13 May 2019 15:23:41 | phil marchese | Changes to media associations |
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The olive drab F series Our Baby is no a match as a key image. If crew is associated, the mage can be associated with yhe peope, not the aircraft. |
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03 March 2019 23:14:23 | phil marchese | Changes to markings |
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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 |
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02 June 2016 15:26:03 | ED-BB | Changes to media associations |
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Associated media |
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31 May 2016 15:54:57 | ED-BB | Changes to description, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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NARA WWII Enlistment records |
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27 September 2014 18:40:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5359 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |