42-30141 Liberty Bell

Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 10/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-B] Andrews Fd 1/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43.



Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Capt Milton Fulton, Co-pilot: Maj Virgil Emerson, Navigator: David Humke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Hume, Radio Operator: Don Gordoni, Ball turret gunner: Rhae Postlewait, Waist gunner: Chas McDermott, Waist gunner: George Guest,Tail gunner: Lt Bob Anderson, obs/nav-Lt Dean Howell 339BS (10 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Larry Woolford (POW-picked up by German seaplane eight hours later); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, six bodies washed up weeks later.



Missing Air Crew Report 140.



LIBERTY BELLE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert E Anderson
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Squadron Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 28 July 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorkstrykerAK
Changes
Sources

Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey D Ward. Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information. Taylor Publishing Company. 1996. pages 38, 39, 41, 294, 301

Date
Changes
Sources

Correction to Humke's first name (Not Don)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 140 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database