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B-17 Flying Fortress
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Princess Pat" of the 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388th BG.' B-17F-120-BO #42-30829 "The Princess Pat" Code: L 388th BG - 562nd BS
Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 13/8/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 5/9/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Mike Moran, Co-pilot: Joe Karbin, Bombardier: Joe McIntyre, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Perkins, Radio Operator: Joe Byce, Ball turret gunner: Tom Shaheen, Waist gunner: Jonnie Odom, Tail gunner: Floyd Watts (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Walter Conine, Waist gunner: Art Tweedel (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Lichtenhorst, nine miles NE of Nienberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3081. THE PRINCESS PAT.
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 | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighters prior to reaching the target at Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30829 'The Princess Pat' crashed N of Neustadt after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighters prior to reaching the target at Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30829 'The Princess Pat' crashed N of Neustadt after the crew bailed out. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down by ME109s and crashed W of Meppen, GR on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31194 'Duchess of Dixie'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW; Air Medal & Purple Heart
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighters prior to reaching the target at Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30829 'The Princess Pat' crashed N of Neustadt after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighters prior to reaching the target at Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F 42-30829 'The Princess Pat' crashed N of Neustadt after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War.
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down by ME109s and crashed W of Meppen, GR on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31194 'Duchess of Dixie'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighters prior to reaching the target at Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30829 'The Princess Pat' crashed N of Neustadt after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighters prior to reaching the target at Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30829 'The Princess Pat' crashed N of Neustadt after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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...
Other location
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Cheyenne, WY, USA | 4 August 1943 |
| Manufactured | Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 5 September 1943 |
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388 BG |
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| First 388th BG Mission | Reims, France | 26 September 1943 |
| Shot Down/Crashed | Lichtenhorst, 31634 Steimbke, Germany | 8 March 1944 |
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Shot down by e/a 40 combat missions. All but 2 with 562nd BS crews |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 October 2020 21:04:47 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
| Sources | ||
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 December 2017 04:30:43 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and person associations |
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http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=42-30829&dat... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:34 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3081 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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