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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 5/3/43.
Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-W] Alconbury 19/5/43.
Transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-W] Kimbolton 4/9/43.
Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Roland Martin, Co-pilot: Linden Price, Navigator: Dan Maher, Bombardier: Irving Rittenberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Mattern, Radio Operator: Nick Macri, Ball turret gunner: Elihu Peacock, Waist gunner: Dan Sirianni, Waist gunner: John Cihonski, Tail gunner: Adam Janik. (10 Prisoner of War).
Enemy aircraft, crash landed S of Wurzburg, Germany.
Missing Air Crew Report 957. THE IRON MAIDEN.
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29511 'The Iron Maiden', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-29511 'The Iron Maiden. ' Prisoner of War.
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29511 'The Iron Maiden', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4229511 'The Iron Maiden. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Master Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down on Mission 115 14 October 1943 in B-17 #422951 Over Schweinfurt on his 13th mission in 'The Iron Maiden. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Moved to Stalag 17B Krems Austria where he was confined from 12-95-43 till 04-03-45. On a forced march from...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29511 'The Iron Maiden', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-29511 'The Iron Maiden. ' Prisoner of War.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 Oct 1943 on Schweinfurt mission on board 'The Iron Maiden'
POW
Military site : airfield
Alconbury had been constructed as a satellite airfield for RAF Upwood and Wyton and was used by RAF Squadrons: Nos. 15, 40 and 156. In preparation for the arrival of American heavy bombers, the base was developed in 1942 with the runways extended. When...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 14 October 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 January 2021 12:44:34 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to description |
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"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 September 2020 19:32:00 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames and description |
| Sources | ||
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:22 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 957 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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