42-29876 Battlin bobbie

media-39480.jpeg UPL 39480 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Battlin Bobbie" at an 8th Air Force base in England."

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Object Number - UPL 39480 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Battlin Bobbie" at an 8th Air Force base in England."

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Gore 4/3/43; Souix City 18/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-B] Kimbolton 23/4/43. Missing in Action Nantes 16 September 1943 with Pilot Elton Hoyt III, Co-pilot: Norman C. Schroeder, Navigator: William J. Cook Jr, Bombardier: Louis H. Glickman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John F. Thomas (POW), Radio Operator: Herbert W. Dulberg, Ball turret gunner: Russell H. Eldridge, Left Waist gunner: William J. Miller, Right Waist gunner: Harry L. Minor, Tail gunner: Edward R. Shaffer (all Evaded except Thomas). Flak and fighter, crashed near Messac, NE of Redon, 37 miles NW of Nantes, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 978. BATTLIN' BOBBIE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

William J Cook

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Herbert William Dulberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36341183
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Russell H Eldridge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39531040
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Louis Harold Glickman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11033973 at enlistment, then O-731497
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Navigator

Elton Hoyt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-731872
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

La Lande de Cormeré, near Messac, France 16 September 1943 Hit by fighter and Flak, crashed near Messac, France

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Removed a "." from the nickname.

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MACR 978

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AAM synopsis and associated image

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 978 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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