B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation en route to Cologne. A B-17 Flying Fortress (UX-X, serial number 42-30649) nicknamed "Rose Olive" is visible on the left. First handwritten caption on reverse: '1/12/43 Cologne.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '92BG 11/43.'
Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 26/7/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-X] Alconbury 31/8/43; Podington 11/9/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with John Harris, Co-pilot: Milton Wilson, Navigator: Jim Goodner, Bombardier: Chas Pettibone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Obechina, Radio Operator: Clinton Gill, Ball turret gunner: Roger Fuller, Waist gunner: Howard Evans, Waist gunner: Jennings Ball, Tail gunner: Don Cash (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, damage caused explosion in mid-air, crashed Martinsbuettel, five miles W of Fallersleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3668. ROSE OLIVE.
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-30649, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4230649. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-30649, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4230649. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4230649. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-30649, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4230649. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-30649, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Private | Bombardier | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4230649. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4230649. Killed in Action (KIA).
6 March 1944
The industrial areas of Berlin and Genshagen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. A combined force of 730 heavy bombers are despatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions. The despatch from 3rd Air Division bombs Targets of Opportunity in...
Military site : airfield
Alconbury had been constructed as a satellite airfield for RAF Upwood and Wyton and was used by RAF Squadrons: Nos. 15, 40 and 156. In preparation for the arrival of American heavy bombers, the base was developed in 1942 with the runways extended. When...
Military site : airfield
Built originally to accommodate two RAF bomber squadrons, the first USAAF unit to occupy the base was the 15th Bomb Squadron in September 1942. Podington was then used as a satellite for nearby Chelveston. Work to lengthen the runways, although this...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 11 April 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 February 2021 22:19:20 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames and description |
| Sources | ||
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:31 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3668 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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