42-29886 Scheherazade

media-26747.jpeg UPL 26747 "Scheherazade"
525th BS
Fuselage Code- FR-H
Lost over Blankenhiem
Went MIA 29 January 1944
MACR - 2871
5 KIA & 5 POW
Harry P. Moses Crew

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Object Number - UPL 26747 - "Scheherazade" 525th BS ...

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Selfridge 16/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-H] Kimbolton 23/4/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Harry Moses, Co-pilot: Sam Giorgianni, Navigator: Bill Lordan, Bombardier: Delmar Bonham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joshua Rowton (5 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Nick Pallotta, Ball turret gunner: Joe Nicosia, Waist gunner: Bill Gower, Waist gunner: Edgar Montgomery, Tail gunner: Mike Patti (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ripsdorf, five miles S of Blankenheim, 43 miles E of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2871. SCHEHERAZADE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676341
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-733274
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06981775
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190624
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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29 January 1944 • crew on 29 jan 1944 : 1Lt Harry P Moses (pilot) POW - was born on jan 3rd, 1916 - passed away on aug 21st, 2005 F/O Sam A Giorgianni (co-pilot) POW 1Lt William C Lordan (navigator) POW - was born on sept 27th, 1918 - passed away on june 15th, 1994 1Lt Delmar F Bonham (bombardier) POW T/Sgt Nicholas C Pallotta (radio operator) KIA T/Sgt Joshua E Rowton (engineer) POW - was born on june 13th, 1920 - passed away on oct 25th, 1985 S/Sgt Joseph A Nicosia (ball turret gunner) KIA S/Sgt William R Gower (left waist gunner) KIA S/Sgt Edgar A Montgomery Jr (right waist gunner) KIA - was born on dec 18th, 1922 S/Sgt Michael J Patti (tail gunner) KIA - was born on feb 5th, 1917 by patootie63 · Share • two men were KIA on 17 july 1943 (mission to Hanover, Lt Wooldridge' crew ) : 2Lt George J Mattan (navigator) was born on jan 25th, 1920 2Lt Wendell O Palmer (bombardier) stand by' bail out order misinterpreted by them. by patootie63 · Share • Scheherazade, sometimes Scheherazadea, is a legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of "One Thousand and One Nights". Persian transliteration Shahrazad or Shahrz?d. by steve_cole · Share • 42-29886 "Scheherazade" (assigned to 379th BG 525th BS FR-H on 23 april 43) mia over Francfort on 29 jan 1944 with Moses crew, macr 2871 - 5 KIA 5 POW

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 January 1944

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Contributorphil marchese
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Added camouflaged finish.

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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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ContributorCRJohnstonjr
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wrong bomb group not 379 BG but 477 BG

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2871 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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