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B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-M] Bangor 2/9/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; Missing in Action 10+m Kiel 14/5/43 with Bill Broley, Co-pilot: Albert Davies, Navigator: Armando Ambalagi, Bombardier: Joe Darmiento, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Clyne, Radio Operator: Lowell Dawson, Ball turret gunner: Ed Jones, Waist gunner: Ed Casparriello, Waist gunner: Ken Donovan,Tail gunner: Ken Greer (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft in heavy attack, KO’d #2 and rudder damaged, headed home but ditched North Sea, near Amrum Is. (Frisians), no trace of crew. Missing Air Crew Report 15498. HELL'S ANGELS.
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 41-24481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Captain | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
James D. Baird enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 15 Mar 1941 at MacDill Field in Florida before the US entered WWII. He flew 24 missions with the 91st Bomb Group before being promoted to Captain. Baird transferred to the 92nd Bomb Group on August 4,...
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM, PH
Military | Captain | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #41-24481 'Hell's Angels', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #41-24481 'Hell's Angels', Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM, PH
14 May 1943
Today's operations will be the most extensive yet mounted by VIII Bomber Command. The operations call for a "maximum effort". Whereas in the past a single target or those close together have been chosen, today's effort is against widley separated...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) | North Sea | 14 May 1943 |
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On 14 May 1943 at 12.30 hours a B-17 was last seen west of the island of Amrum after a bombing raid on Kiel. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 January 2015 12:10:44 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events and mission associations |
| Sources | ||
Associated Mission details, and Biography update. Source : http://www.airmen.dk/usplanes.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:02 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15498 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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