B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Rapid City 20/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Brookley 27/3/43; Morrison 9/4/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Alconbury 13/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 335BS [OE-H], 412BS [QW-H], then 334BS [BG-H]; 8m, Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Bill Renaudremains recovered off beach at Bangenkop, Langeland 1/7/58, Co-pilot: Glenn McMurty, Navigator: John Lambert, Bombardier: Harley Riley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Julliard, Radio Operator: Joe LaSarge, Ball turret gunner: Albt Foley, Waist gunner: Chester Piatkowski, Waist gunner: Bill Guse,Tail gunner: Cicero McNeeley (10 Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Langeland Is. near Lindholm, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 4896. RAT KILLER.
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The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #4229703 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #4229703 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29703 'Rat Killer', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29702 'Rat Killer', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 42-29702 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #4229703 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29702 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 42-29702 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
13 June 1943
German naval facilities and port areas at Bremen, Germany and Kiel, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. A formation of 151 B-17s despatched from: 91BG (21); 92BG (17); 303BG (27); 305BG (24); 306BG (28); 351BG (21); and 379BG (13) are to...
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
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
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....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Lindholm, 2133 Hoofddorp, Netherlands | 13 June 1943 – 13 June 1943 |
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Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Langeland Is. near Lindholm, Denmark. (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 4896. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 December 2015 14:12:02 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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AAM DB Entry Correction. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 December 2015 15:24:56 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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