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B-17 Flying Fortress
A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Earls Colne 5/6/43; Rougham 13/6/43. Missing in Action Bordeaux 5 January 1944 with Raymond J. Born, Co-pilot: Harold J. Erickson (2 Prisoners of War); Navigator: Norman R. King, Bombardier: Ernest H. Hugonnet, Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner: Donald D. McLeod, Radio Operator/Gunner: Harold O. Gilley, Ball Turret gunner: Robert C. Southers, Left Waist gunner: Marion A. Hall, Right Waist gunner: Robert A. Schwartzburg (7 evaded capture);Tail gunner: Arlie L. Thomson (Killed in Action). Enemy aircraft KO’d engines #3 & #4. Pilot Ray Born succeeded in saving the life of his co-pilot Harry Erickson. Crashed at Lagoden near Poullaouen, Finistère Department, France.
Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1892. (The pilot's brother, an infantry Sgt, arranged to meet at base on return from mission).
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.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator / Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was guided to Brittany, from where, along with 15 other American airmen and a Belgian member of the RAF, he boarded a...
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 'Slo-Time Sally. ' Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was guided to Brittany, from where, along with 15 other American airmen and a Belgian member of the RAF, he boarded...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200. Evaded (EVD).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was guided to Brittany, from where, along with 15 other American airmen and one member of the Royal Indian Army...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was guided to Brittany, from where, along with 15 other American airmen and a Belgian member of the RAF, he boarded a...
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was guided to Brittany, from where, along with 15 other American airmen and a Belgian member of the RAF, he boarded a...
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 'Slo-Time Sally. ' Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was guided to Brittany, from where, along with 15 other American airmen and a Belgian member of the RAF, he boarded...
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Erickson crew. 6 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) on mission to Bordeaux, France in B-17 42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Seriously wounded in abdomen by fighter attacks, he was put into his chute and assisted to...
5 January 1944
This mission consists of five elements: The first element is a combined force of 131 B-17s are despatched by 1st Bomb Division: 92BG; 303BG; 305BG; 306BG; 379BG; 384BG; and 482BG to bomb the shipyards and industrial areas of Kiel, Germany. 119 are...
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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| Crashed | Lagoden, near Poullaouen, France | 5 January 1944 |
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Hit by fighters on the Bordeaux mission 5 January 1944. Engines #3 & #4 out. Crashed Poullaouen, France |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 July 2020 10:15:49 | ED-BB | Changes to markings, description, events and mission associations |
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MACR 1892 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 August 2018 11:16:17 | Emily | Changes to description and events |
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Information provided by Douglas Doig, who has researched this aircraft and it's crew via AAM website correspondence |
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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 1892 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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