42-29830 Peter Wabbit

media-39558.jpeg UPL 39558 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peter Wabbit" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1943."

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Object Number - UPL 39558 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peter Wabbit" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1943."

Delivered Denver 23/2/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-A] Kimbolton; then 524BS [WA-T]; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Erwalt Wagner, Co-pilot: Bill Barnard, Navigator: Joe Hilderbrand, Bombardier: Ken Gibbs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kushman, Radio Operator: Ben Radensky, Ball turret gunner: Francis Donahue, Waist gunner: Marvin Charlson, Waist gunner: Eldred Andruss, Tail gunner: Dean Yates (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, six miles W of Bingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1350. PETER WABBIT.

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Units served with

People

Marvin T Charlson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37296175
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Henry I Cushman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11021229
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Francis J Donahue

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11052780
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Kenneth F Gibbs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13048825 / O-733304
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Joseph J Hilderbrand

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12010944 / O-667404
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver AAF, CO 23 February 1943 Delivered Denver AAF 23-Feb-43.

Crashed

Dorrebach, Germany 17 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 17-Aug-43; ; enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, six miles W of Bingen, Germany. 10 x KIA MACR 1350.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Boeing.

Assigned

Kimbolton, UK Assigned 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28693499

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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