B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 22/3/43; Cheyenne 31/3/43; Oklahoma City 6/4/43; Romulus 12/4/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG Ridgewell 16/6/434; battle damaged 1m lost two engines over Antwerp 22/6/43 with Martin Shenk, Co-pilot: Bill Grant, Navigator: Tom Kehley, Bombardier: George Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Shirley Goucher, Radio Operator: John Sinclair, Ball turret gunner: George Bardsley, Waist gunner: Chas Brinton WIA, died of wounds 25/6/43, Waist gunner: Mitch LaBuda,Tail gunner: Jim Sloan (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed near Framlingham, Sfk, with three major and three minor, injuries; Salvaged. LINDA MARY.
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner, Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
BTG, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed 22 June 1943 on the first 381st operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded. Completed 25 missions.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
ETTG, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed 22 June 1943 on return on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded.
Canton, MA
Search of T/Sgt Goucher shows he was born in the Channel Islands, Great Britain.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crashed on 22 June 1943 returning from the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed 22 June 1943 on return from the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary".
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. June 22, 1943 'Devils Angel' B17 42-29984 Crash landed 22 June 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded. Completed 46 missions.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
June 22, 1943 'Devils Angel' B17 42-29984 crash landed on return on the 38st first operational mission.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Radio Operator, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed on 22 June, 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Received Silver Star for pulling the wounded TG S/Sgt Sloan from his guns, tended to his wounds...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner, Tail gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Shenk, M. crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed on 22 June 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded. Completed 25 missions.
Tulsa, OK
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Bombardier, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed on 22 June 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded.
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22 June 1943
The German rubber industry (Chemische Werke Hüls AG) at Marl (district Hüls-Nord), Germany, is the primary objective of this mission and is assigned to the Bomb Groups with the most expericence. Also the industrial area of Antwerp, Belgium is assigned...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Military site : airfield
Built during 1941-42 as an RAF bomber station, Ridgewell operated as a satellite to RAF Stradishall until May 1943. It had three concrete runways, initially 36 pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Taken over by the Eighth Air Force in June...
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| 03 August 2018 01:06:24 | ARowe95 | Changes to description |
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| 03 November 2017 17:28:47 | ARowe95 | Changes to mission associations |
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| 09 October 2017 04:58:47 | ARowe95 | Changes to manufacturer, nicknames, description and person associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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