42-107146 Mairzy Doats

A bomber crew and ground crew of the 379th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-G, serial number 42-107146) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats" March 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'B-17G "Mairzy Doats" air crew and ground crew chief 2102146 FR-G March 1944.' media-387849.jpg FRE 6238 A bomber crew and ground crew of the 379th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-G, serial number 42-107146) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats" March 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'B-17G "Mairzy Doats" air crew and ground crew chief 2102146 FR-G March 1944.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6238 - A bomber crew and ground crew of the 379th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-G, serial number 42-107146) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats" March...

Delivered Tulsa 6/3/44; Gr Island 12/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-G] Kimbolton 11/4/44; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Edwin Spencer, Co-pilot: Mervyn Richards, Navigator: Gerard Gallagher, Bombardier: Warren Boone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Chaffin, Radio Operator: George Lively, Waist gunner: Dick Kriederman (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Don Stover, Tail gunner: Chas Marlatt (2 RTD - rescued by ASR); en route to target #2 engine fell apart, ditched North Sea, W of Haarlem, Holl; Missing Air Crew Report 8465. MAIRZY DOATS.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19179290
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Missions

  • Date: 26 August 1944

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 26 August 1944

Revisions

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

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ContributorWaltMordenti
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Walter Mordenti

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ContributorLucy May
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Connections made using existing information in the Biography field.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8465 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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