42-30279 Black Jacker
Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-F] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; transferred 551BS [HR-F]; Missing in Action Wesermunde 26/7/43 with Jack Daniel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Buck, Radio Operator: Wayne Pringey (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Cornwell, Navigator: Bob McCallum, Bombardier: John McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Paul Keefer - body found 15/8/43), Waist gunner: Felix Sanchez, Waist gunner: Jim Sims, Tail gunner: Warren Brown (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, near Wangerooge, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 191C. BLACK JACKER.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37216663
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735056
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-663868
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 July 1943 |
Revisions
Added an association to the 551 BS listed in the A/C #42-30279 description section.
Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "turret" was misspelled.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 191 A / MACR 191 C / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database