42-30161 Cuddle Cat
AAM DB Entry Correction.
Object Number - UPL 19380 - Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30161 'Cuddle Cat' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/43; Smoky Hill 28/4/43; Walla Walla 5/7/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Tinker 23/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 16/6/43; transferred 336BS/95BG [ET-B] Horham 18/6/43; 12m, Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with John Cabeen, Co-pilot: Jack Trowbridge, Navigator: Bert Johnston, Bombardier: Tom Streibich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grady Hewgley, Radio Operator: Bill Rouse, Ball turret gunner: Howard Champlain, Waist gunner: Merle Garrett, Waist gunner: Norman Forney,Tail gunner: Joe Palazzo (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit KO’d #1, dropped behind heading for Switzerland and crashed southern Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 547. CUDDLE CAT.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14096166
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 | Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43. Flak hit KO’d #1, dropped behind, heading for Switzerland and crashed southern Germany; (10 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report MACR547. |
Revisions
Personal records of the family of Zach T. Stanborough; U.S. Archives; 95th Bomb Group Archives Database; 95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation Database; Fold3.com
Personal records of the family of Zach T. Stanborough; U.S. Archives; 95th Bomb Group Archives Database; 95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation Database; Fold3.com
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 547 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database