42-107185

Delivered Tulsa 16/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-V] Rougham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/8/44 with Orville Spenst, Co-pilot: Larry Metzroth, Navigator: Ed Pacek, Bombardier: Ira Dodd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Brown, Radio Operator: Forest Crosman, Ball turret gunner: Jim Theiss, Waist gunner: Bob Hurd (8 POW - rescued by German Sea patrol); Tail gunner: Frank Trilling (KIA-drowned); flak damage and three engines out, ditched North Sea, off Frisian Islands. Missing Air Crew Report 8075.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles H Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13106554
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Forest E Crosman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Ira C Dodd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Robert D Hurd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35541534
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Ervin Lorenzo Ivie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 331st Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 39829611
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

Berlin, Germany 6 August 1944

Crashed

Frisian Islands 6 August 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8075 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database