42-30271 BomBoogie

media-19420.jpeg UPL 19420 Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30271 'Bomb Boogie' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

AAM DB Entry Correction.

Object Number - UPL 19420 - Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30271 'Bomb Boogie' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/43; Gore 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 6/6/43; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Horham 28/6/43; 7m, Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Glen Ransom, Bombardier: Keith Murray, Ball turret gunner: Pasquale Delvento, Waist gunner: Ralph Houser, Tail gunner: Vince Cox (5 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Tom Caldwell, Navigator: Hubert Gage, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Knotts, Waist gunner: John Beacham (4 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Chas Peacock (KIS-but actually died from hunger & exposure in Pyrenees Mts end of October 43) enemy aircraft, crashed Pansy-Courtecon, seven miles S of Laon, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 545. BOMB BOOGIE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner; Waist Gunner, waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-795229
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Missions

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Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Laon, France 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Pansy-Courtecon, seven miles S of Laon, France; (4 x POW, 5 x EVD, 1 x KOAS) Missing Air Crew Report MACR545.

Revisions

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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