42-30273 Patsy Ann lll

media-19203.jpeg UPL 19203 B-17F 42-30273 'Patsy Ann III' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 19203 - B-17F 42-30273 'Patsy Ann III' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/43; Gore 8/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 16/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 17/6/43; with R.C. Cozens force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43; Missing in Action (18m) Munster 10/10/43 with Bill Buckley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Sluder, Radio Operator: Ralph Piner, Ball turret gunner: Harry Balmer, Waist gunner: Leo Baron (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Fred Kennie, Navigator: Bob Barto, Bombardier: Edison Janney, Waist gunner: Don Reinhart (4 Prisoner of War), Tail gunner: Ed Burlingham (Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft blew off complete tail, crashed Bertling House, Sinningen, 13 miles N of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 942. PATSY ANN III.

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Units served with

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 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18124489
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749417
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

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Crashed

St Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK 28 June 1943 Force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Sinningen, 48369 Saerbeck, Germany 10 October 1943 - 10 October 1943 Missing in Action (18m) Munster 10/10/43. Enemy aircraft blew off complete tail, crashed Bertling House, Sinningen, 13 miles N of Munster, Ger; (5 x KIA, 4 x POW, 1 x RTD) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 942.

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Corrected a typo in the nickname.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 942 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Changed the nickname to upper case per photo of A/C.

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Added a space to the A/C “Description” for readability.

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AAM DB Entry.
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