42-30799 Big Ass Bird ll
Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/43; Gore 9/8/43; Scott 10/8/43; Presque Is 16/8/43; ground looped at Gander, Newfoundland by ground crew 20/8/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-L] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Bill Murray, Radio Operator: Fred Schillinger, Tail gunner: Mahlon Hall (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Landiotte, Navigator: Orrin Heinrich, Bombardier: Bill Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Emory Brandt, Ball turret gunner: Jim Pease, Waist gunner: Nick Hamelak, Waist gunner: Palmer Hanson (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Hollwedel, SE of Harpstedt, 25 miles SE of Oldenburg, Ger. BIG ASS BIRD II.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685937
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801599
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746405
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14002134
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13128119
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3017 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database