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Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30226 'Spook V' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8th AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Gore 14/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Tinker 1/6/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-L] Horham 15/6/43; 36m, Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Jim Higgins, Navigator: Don Gallagher, Bombardier: Vern Archibald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Lugg, Waist gunner: Bob Humphrey (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Munn, Radio Operator: Ray Garvey, Ball turret gunner: Austin Dulaney, Waist gunner: Gene Rountree,Tail gunner: Howard Thompson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft shot #1 engine out, crashed Lutrebois, three miles SE of Bastogne, Bel.; Missing Air Crew Report 2256. SPOOK #V (No. 5).
Service
Units
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Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
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People
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Suffered mechanical problems and then shot down by flak on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30226 'Spook #5. ' Killed in Action (KIA) while serving with the 95th Bomb Group
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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz', Prisoner of War (POW) - MACR 1118.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Command Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30817 'Miss Flower III', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Suffered mechanical problems and then shot down by flak on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30226 'Spook #5. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz' 10-Oct-43; shot down, baled out Haakbergen, Holland, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Suffered mechanical problems and then shot down by flak on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30226 'Spook #5', Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Suffered mechanical problems and then shot down by flak on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30226 'Spook #5. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz' 10-Oct-43; shot down, baled out Haakbergen, Holland Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Missions
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29 January 1944
The primary target for this mission was the railroad marshalling yards and industrial areas of Frankfurt, Germany. A combined force of 863 heavy bombers were despatched in three elements to make the attack. The combined bomber gunner claims on enemy...
Places
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Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
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Crashed |
Bastogne, Belgium |
29 January 1944 – 29 January 1944 |
Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44. Cause - enemy aircraft shot #1 engine out, crashed Lutrebois, three miles SE of Bastogne, Belgium; (5 x POW, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2256.
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