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B-17 Flying Fortress
Crew of B17F "Stupefier". Emery Davenport (radio operator), front row, 3rd from the left.
Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Bangor 14/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-E] Kimbolton 22/4/43; then 526BS [LF-J]; battle damaged Anklam 9/10/43 crash landed base near base on return, with Wayne Maresh, Co-pilot: Frank Mailanander, Navigator: Bob Romme (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Leroy Blair, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Patterson, Radio Operator: Emery Davenport, Ball turret gunner: Ken Barnett, Waist gunner: Jerry Gentile, Waist gunner: Maurice Cheramie, Tail gunner: Ed Hobbs (wia) (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 10/10/43. MADAME PISONYER aka STUPIFIER.
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. 12-Aug-43 on mission to oil refinery in Germany, landed with severe bomb damage in B-17 42-29933. RTD. ETD.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on 31 December 1943, B17 A/C #4239762 was damaged and landed at Rattlesdam after mission to Gironde. Bochna crew.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Oct. 9, 1943 in the 'Stupefier' B-17F #42-29890 in which crew successfully crash landed in a field near the 379th BG.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Original air crew of B-17F 42-29890 'Stupifier'
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 26 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
WIA on 5 Jan 1944. B-17G #42-37887. On T/O in poor visibility, the left wing touched th ground and aircraft crashed. Earlier incident Oct. 9, 1943 in the 'Stupefier' B-17F 42-29890 in which pilot Maresh succssfully crash landed in a field near the...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Original air crew of B-17F 42-29890 'Stupifier'
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Original air crew of B-17F 42-29890 'Stupifier'; 25 mission club
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Military site : airfield
Built during 1941-42 potentially as a USAAF bomber base, Little Staughton had three concrete runways, 37 hardstandings, two dispersed T2 hangars and eight Robin hangars. Occupied temporarily from December 1942 by the Advanced Air Depot of the 1st Bomb...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Salvaged | Little Staughton, Bedford MK44, UK | 10 October 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 March 2020 18:34:37 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 March 2020 18:32:14 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Added the A/C nickname listed on the 379th BG website - see: http://www.379thbga.org/ww2_crewphotos.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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