42-31089 Carolyne

media-41734.jpeg UPL 41734 B-17 42-31089 crew disembarking

401bg Association/USAAF

Object Number - UPL 41734 - B-17 42-31089 crew disembarking

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 4/10/43; Scott 28/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-M] Deenethorpe 16/11/43; Missing in Action Kiel 4/1/44 with Capt Bill Garland, Co-pilot: Maj Malcolm Martin (Sq. CO), Navigator: Ed Nolte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Spacek, Radio Operator: Bert Stimmel, Ball turret gunner: Tom McNab, Waist gunner: John Parratt, Tail gunner: Erle Owens (8 Returned to Duty), Bombardier: Floyd Howe (rip when picked up), Waist gunner: Ralph Newton (2 Killed in Action); mechanical fault, ditched North Sea, crew rescued by RN minesweepers Monique & Camille. Missing Air Crew Report 6468. CAROLYNE.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735233
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Group Operations Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32496129
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Commanding Officer (612 Squadron)

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

Kiel, Germany 4 January 1944

Other

Ditched

North Sea 4 January 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6468 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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