B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 6/5/43 with Earl Horr, Bill Roberts, George Griffith, Chester Hoover, Glenn Chapin, George Orin, Herb Clark, Chas Henry, Everett Hodson, Art Jones; Missing in Action 2m Antwerp 22/6/43 with Earl Horr, Co-pilot: Bill Roberts, Bombardier: Chester Hoover, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glenn Chapin, Radio Operator: Bob Mandell, Waist gunner: Everett Hodson, Waist gunner: Hubert Clark,Tail gunner: Art Jones (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: George Griffithbody never found, Ball turret gunner: Chas Henrylanded in River Scheldt (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Hoek, W of Terneuzen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 134. IRON GUT GERT.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 17/4/43; Pueblo 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with John Martin, Bob Marsh, Harry Long, Wallace Hoag, Jim Lantto, John Hutchinson, Hugh...
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...
Squadron
Military | Master Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
ETTG, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down June 22, 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Prisoner of War...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Right Waist Gunner. Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532 BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-2....
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30016, "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Killed in...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Ball Turret Gunner. Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Waist Gunner, Horr Crew, 381st BG 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down June 22, 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6....
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Bombardier, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Prisoner...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Horr crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down June 22, 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. MACR #134. Prisoner of...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail Gunner. Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Prisoner...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. First 381st BG mission. Member...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016, Iron Gut Gert. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Prisoner of...
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 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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Belgium | 22 June 1943 |
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| 03 November 2017 19:49:04 | ARowe95 | Changes to aircraft associations |
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ARowe95 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 November 2017 15:12:28 | ARowe95 | Changes to mission associations |
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ARowe95 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 November 2017 15:09:40 | ARowe95 | Changes to person associations |
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ARowe95 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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