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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-V] Alconbury 24/4/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge 15/5/43 with Capt Larche Washer, Co-pilot: Bob Kennedy, Bombardier: Bill Haenel, Radio Operator: Jack Roebuck, Ball turret gunner: Art Davis (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Martin Healey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Sikorski, Waist gunner: Art Blasenak, Waist gunner: Jim McDermott,Tail gunner: Ken Murray (5 Killed in Action); flak, ditched Amrum Is. (Frisians); Missing Air Crew Report 16060.
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
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #42-29820, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Prisoner of War (POW) imprisoned at Stalag Luft 3and ended the war at work camp 49-11 near Nuremburg.
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Prisoner of War (POW) imprisoned at Stalag 17.
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Military | Captain | Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229820. Prisoner of War (POW) imprisoned at Stalag Luft 3 and moved to work camp 49-11.
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) | North Sea | 15 May 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16060 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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