42-31194 Duchess of Dixie

Delivered Denver 30/9/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Memphis 26/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 1/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Clarry Grindley, Navigator: Bob Fanning, Bombardier: Don Mecum, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Parker, Radio Operator: George Hockenberry, Tail gunner: Jim Johnson (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Eino Allanderwia, chute failed, Ball turret gunner: Don Liebman (WIA, arm amputated but died of heart attack 2/4/44, Waist gunner: Selmer Thompson, Waist gunner: Bayne Tucker (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schoeningsdorf, six miles W of Meppen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3084. DUCHESS OF DIXIE.

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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

Eino Viljo Alander

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680375
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James R Cyphers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680416
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Clarence Asbury Gridley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800876
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

George Horace Hockenberry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33237335
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Roy E Island

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742081
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Data from debrief.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3084 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database