42-31028 Mojo
Delivered Cheyenne 4/9/43; Gr Isle 7/10/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 19/11/43; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Capt Harry Simons, Co-pilot: John Robins, Navigator: Bob Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Fallon, Radio Operator: Ole Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Don Harmon, Waist gunner: Leo Borkowski (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Bonin, Waist gunner: Rufus Till, Tail gunner: Ray Veiders (3 Prisoner of War); flak set bomb bay afire, ship left formation, crashed Gattrup, near Senden/Westfalen, nine miles SW of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2872. MOJO.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14016810
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32550949
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 4 September 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF4-Sep-43. |
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Assigned |
RAF Kimbolton, UK | 19 November 1943 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Munster, Germany | 22 February 1944 - 22 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17F 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. 3 x POW, 7 x KIA. MACR 2872 |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
See 42-29772 & 42-32000 entries.
379th BG association has self-conflictiing entries. The inflight image of #772 resolves some of the conflicts regarding MOJO (the 379th BG original).
Removed instruction from nickname field ('You have the wrong aircraft pictured here. You have 42-31023. When we search for aircraft 42-31028- this is what comes up. 42-31028 was a 379th BG assigned to the 524th BS Fuselage Code WA-C - Nose Art "Mojo"') as mistake now rectified.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2872 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database