42-31137 Classy Chassy

media-45810.jpeg UPL 45810 B-17G-5-BP #42-31137 "Classy Chassy" Code: W
388th BG - 563rd BS 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 45810 - B-17G-5-BP #42-31137 "Classy Chassy" Code: W 388th BG - 563rd BS

Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Romulus 10/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG (W) Knettishall 14/10/43; Missing in Action Poznan 9/4/44 with Irving Abramowitz, Co-pilot: Bill Manifold, Navigator: Albt Buckley, Bombardier: Jan Begg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Langston, Radio Operator: Leroy Neely, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Jones, Waist gunner: Paul Sorensen, Waist gunner: Larry Shroyer,Tail gunner: John Price (10INT); flak, force landed Kalmar, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 3654. Ret UK 11/7/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 16/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 19/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. CLASSY CHASSY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Irving Abramowitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jan G Begg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Albert C Buckley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ernest B Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George C Langston

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY 24 September 1943

Assigned

Knettishall Airfield, UK 14 October 1943 388BG 563BS

Other

Force Landed/Interned

Kalmar, Sweden 9 April 1944

Revisions

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3654 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 45810 - B-17G-5-BP #42-31137 "Classy Chassy" Code: W 388th...