B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Kearney 5/6/43; Dow Fd 1/7/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 7/7/43; Missing in Action Beaumont Sur Oise 9/9/43 with Adalbert Porter, Harry Thompson, Vernon Adams, John Moffitt, John Ash, Ralph Mallicote, Alphonse Fulchino {photo} (7 Prisoner of War); Henry Rowland, Clem Mezzanotte, Rosswell Miller, Ivan Schrader (4 evaded capture) flak, crashed Houilles, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3134. WEE BONNIE II.
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 | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30209. Plane crashed into North Sea. RTD.
Shot down 9 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30362 'Wee Bonnie II', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #4230209. Plane crashed into North Sea. RTD. Shot down 9 September 1943 in B-17 #4230362 'Wee Bonnie II. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 42-31084. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #4231084. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Military | Staff Sergeant | Photographer | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 September 1943 in B-17 #4230362 'Wee Bonnie II. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Right Waist Gunner/Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #4231084. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Flew his first 3 missions (plus 3 aborts) as a waist gunner. Flew the remainder of his tour as Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #4230209. Plane crashed into North Sea. RTD. Shot down 9 September 1943 in B-17 #4230362 'Wee Bonnie II. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #4230209. Plane crashed into North Sea. RTD. Shot down 9 September 1943 in B-17 #4230362 'Wee Bonnie II. ' Evaded.
Evaded (EVD)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #4230209. Plane crashed into North Sea. RTD. Shot down 9 September 1943 in B-17 #4230362 'Wee Bonnie II. ' Evaded.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 42-30209. Plane crashed into North Sea. Picked up by British Shore Patrol. Returned. One of the young men on rescue boat asked Moffitt to sign a pound note which he kept. Forty years later, he tracked down Moffitt and...
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) | France | 9 September 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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