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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Casper 12/6/43; Smoky Hill 13/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 24/6/43 CLASSY CHASSY; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Frank Kelly, Co-pilot: Ken Alexander, Navigator: Carl Alexander, Bombardier: David Adams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Randall Ryals, Radio Operator: Harry Schwerdt, Ball turret gunner: Carlton Jones, Waist gunner: Joe Marchwinski, Waist gunner: Joe Mascke,Tail gunner: Alex Milligan (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Dorla, near Lichtenau, 12 miles SW of Kassel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3133. WING AND A PRAYER.
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 | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30238 'Classy Chassy'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Command Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30238 'Classy Chassy', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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) | Germany | 30 July 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3133 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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