41-24435

media-26041.jpeg UPL 26041 B-17 41-24435
The man in the waist window with his hand on the frame is Jack P Thomas Hutchinson & Cortright

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Object Number - UPL 26041 - B-17 41-24435 The man in the waist window with his hand on the frame is Jack P Thomas

Assigned 92BG Bangor 2/6/42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook 19/8/42; flew Operation Torch commanders to Gibraltar 5/11/42; Maison Blanche, Alg 13/11/42; Tafaraoui, Alg 22/11/42; Biskra, Alg 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs, Tun 1/8/43; Depienne, Tun 15/8/43; RAMBLIN' RECK; transferred 429BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 4/11/43 re-named YANKEE DOO DIT; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Villaorba, It. 18/3/44 with Theo Griffith, Co-pilot: Bill Doyle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Murinchack* (3 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bernie McConnell, Ball turret gunner: Howard Lamont (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Walt Swan*, Bombardier: Alan Klute*, Waist gunner: Nick Cannata, Waist gunner: Harry Chandler*,Tail gunner: Ed Greenlaw (* all 463BG) (5 Prisoner of War); crashed Trieste; Missing Air Crew Report 3259.YANKEE DOO DIT.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37316870
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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