B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-E] Kimbolton 23/6/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 with Raymond H. Bidwell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cannell, Ball turret gunner: Tom Johnson (3 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Jack Ryan, Navigator: Mario Delivered Re, Bombardier: Wayne Bader, Radio Operator: Vic Chesquier, Waist gunner: Pete Murray, Waist gunner: Elvin Cocherall,Tail gunner: Larry Prentiss (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Plessis Chenet, near Corbeil, France. Missing Air Crew Report 1297. MARY ANN.
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
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30001. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30001. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #4230001. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 42-30001 'Mary Ann' Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #4230001. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30001. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #4230001. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #4230001. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30001, Killed in Action (KIA).
16 August 1943
This mission consists of two elements of B-17s despatched to bomb the German airfields of Le Bourget (Paris), Poix and Abbeville, France. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (21); 92BG (17); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20);...
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....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 16 August 1943 |
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crashed near Plessis Chenet, France |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 February 2020 16:23:05 | m_cannell | Changes to media associations |
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N/A |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 January 2020 03:29:32 | jmoore43 | Changes to unit associations |
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Added a connection to 8th AF. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 January 2020 03:27:31 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Added the nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 October 2018 14:38:06 | ED-BB | Changes to description and events |
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MACR 1297 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1297 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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