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B-17 Flying Fortress
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30214) nicknamed "Iza Angel" of the 388th Bomb Group in flight, 14 September 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '14/9/43 C. 384. B-17. 230214 'Iza Angel' 388BG.' On reverse: Stewart P. Evans [Stamp].
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall [ -M] 26/6/43; Missing in Action Gdynia 9/10/43 with Henry Nagorka, John Leverone, Mike Mahoney, Francis Antalek, Bill Caruso, John Dugan (6 Prisoner of War); Gil Parker, Ed Keisler, Bob Blankenburg, Wilbur Quinn (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Nth Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 3141. IZA ANGEL II. (? To Watton 1/3/44; Returned to the USA Patterson 27/6/44; Salvaged Patterson 24/2/45. Named just IZA ANGEL.?)
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 | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner, Radio Operator; Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30214 'Iza Angel II'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner; Radio Operator Gunner, Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
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Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #4230214 'Iza Angel II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Gunner, Right Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot up by fighters and crashed into North Sea in B-17 'Iza Angel II' #42-30214 on 9 October 1943.
POW / Air Medal
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner/Togglier | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30214 'Iza Angel II'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30214 'Iza Angel II'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
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 |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 9 October 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 March 2020 03:43:11 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
| Sources | ||
Added the A/C nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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