42-29854 Ole Flak Sack

A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29854) nicknamed "Ole Flack Sack" of the 381st Bomb Group, 7 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(GAD-138-2-381)(7-8-43)(A/C 29854 - Type B17F)." media-413554.jpg FRE 4870 A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29854) nicknamed "Ole Flack Sack" of the 381st Bomb Group, 7 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(GAD-138-2-381)(7-8-43)(A/C 29854 - Type B17F)." Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4870 - A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29854) nicknamed "Ole Flack Sack" of the 381st Bomb Group, 7 August 1943. Official caption on...

Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Presque 27/4/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 4/5/43; in landing accident at base with Leo Jarvis 7/8/43; Missing in Action 1+m Bremen 8/10/43 with Art Sample, Navigator: Capt Norman MacKay, tog-Bob Moore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Ballou, Radio Operator: Warren Heintz, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Olson, Waist gunner: Bill Grayson, Tail gunner: George Johnston (8 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Ed Cytarzynski, Waist gunner: Jim Forbes, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Doerrieloh, 14 miles E of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1395. 'OLE FLAK SACK.'

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Howard W Ballou

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17154727
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Edward A Cytarzynski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2044647
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James R Forbes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13000414
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William H Grayson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18126636
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Warren G Heintz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14096198
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

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Missions

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

8 October 1943

Revisions

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Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

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ARowe95

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1395 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29854) nicknamed "Ole Flack Sack" of the 381st Bomb Group, 7 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(GAD-138-2-381)(7-8-43)(A/C 29854 - Type B17F)."

Object number: FRE 4870 - A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42...