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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F 42-30273 'Patsy Ann III' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
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.
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...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30273 'Patsy Ann III'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30273 'Patsy Ann III'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30273 'Patsy Ann III'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30273 'Patsy Ann III'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 455th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed tour. 2nd tour with 741BS, 455BG, 15AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30273 'Patsy Ann III'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Command Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30273 'Patsy Ann III'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
17 August 1943
The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed ...
10 October 1943
This mission was intended to be a massive attack of 307 B-17s on the railroad facilities and waterway (canals) at Munster, Germany. This attack was to be supported by a diversion 39 B-24s. The formation was attacked by hundreds of German fighters which...
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....
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | St Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK | 28 June 1943 |
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Force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43. |
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| Crashed | Sinningen, 48369 Saerbeck, Germany | 10 October 1943 – 10 October 1943 |
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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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 May 2022 12:42:14 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 January 2020 20:32:37 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Changed the nickname to upper case per photo of A/C. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 January 2020 20:20:29 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space to the A/C “Description” for readability. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 November 2015 15:13:09 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations and place associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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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