B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 8/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG [--W] Knettishall 15/6/43; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Chas Penn, Bombardier: Frank Pelkowski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Spiga, Ball turret gunner: Roland Jacobson, Waist gunner: Julius Colonna, Waist gunner: Marion O’Neal,Tail gunner: Jim Pacella (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dick Washbourne, Navigator: Jim Berryhill, Radio Operator: Bill Nadler (3 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft crashed Nettersheim, 15 miles SW of Eukirchen, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 3264.
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230210. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230210. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30210, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30210 Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 42-30210, Killed in Action.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30210, Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, Good Conduct Medal
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30210. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230210. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 42-30210. Killed in Action.
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Belgium | 30 July 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3264 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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