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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/4/43; Tinker 13/5/43; Lincoln 17/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-S] Earls Colne 25/5/43 LADY LUCK II; Rougham 13/6/43, transferred 410BS [GL- ]; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Bob Tessier, Co-pilot: Joel Dinger, Navigator: John Garey, Bombardier: Joe Nigl, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Milton Partington, Radio Operator: Bob Shawver, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Lewiscaptured 2/8/43, Waist gunner: Lester Beck,Tail gunner: Elmer Neeson (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Dick Allee (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 90.
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 90
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90
Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy' 26-Jul-43; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Jul-43 in B-17 #42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy' 26-Jul-43; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Inglewood, CA | 1943 |
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Built at Boeing. |
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| Assigned | Bury St Edmonds, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Aurich, Germany | 26 July 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover; enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; MACR 90 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 May 2021 11:02:33 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and person associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29416650 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 90 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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