42-29713 Bad Penny

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 27/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Syracuse 7/4/43.



Assigned 333BS/94BG Bassingbourn 18/4/43, then 332BS; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43.



Transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-K] Alconbury 26/7/43.



Transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-X] Kimbolton 5/9/43.



Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Joe Ondo, Co-pilot: Bob Regnier, Navigator: Bill Morter, Bombardier: Joe LaSpada, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Sims, Radio Operator: Floyd Rye, Ball turret gunner: Joe Ruth, Waist gunner: Chas Freund, Waist gunner: Jerome Hannon, Tail gunner: Lou Peterson (10 Prisoner of War). Enemy aircraft, crashed Paris, France. Missing Air Crew Report 960. BAD PENNY.

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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: 16145815
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 4 October 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 960 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database