42-31251

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Wilmington 1/11/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-P] Horham 11/11/43; force landed Rattlesden 10/2/42 with J.W. Reed; 21m, Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/43 with Tom Keasbey, Co-pilot: Capt Roy Gee, Navigator: Bill Harris, Bombardier: Ralph Bowlingbroke ankle on bail-out, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Wood, Radio Operator: Maurice Norrell, Ball turret gunner: Francis Sullivan, Waist gunner: Albt Jacobson, Waist gunner: Bill Denham, Tail gunner: Clayton Burdue (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Natenstedt, 11 miles NE of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2981.

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Units served with

334th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Ralph P Bowling

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Clayton C Burdue

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William J Denham

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Alvin Grover Duncan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 37495234
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Roy C Gee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Rattlesden

Site type: Airfield

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

8th Air Force 246

Date: 3 March 1944

Doc Agnew, Staff Sergeant Joe Roundhill and personnel of the 379th Bomb Group transfer the body of Sergeant Noonan (killed by a flak) from a B-17 Flying Fortress to a field ambulance after a raid on Schweinfurt, 24 February 1944. Official caption on image: "(GPR-162-1-379)(24-2-44)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Doc Agnew. 24/2/44.'

8th Air Force 233 BIG WEEK - DAY 5

Date: 24 February 1944

8th Air Force 230 BIG WEEK - DAY 3

Date: 22 February 1944

8th Air Force 228 BIG WEEK - DAY 2

Date: 21 February 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed		10 February 1942	Force landed Rattlesden 10/2/42.
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR)		6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944	Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Natenstedt, 11 miles NE of Vechta, Germany. (10 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report 2981.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Crashed

10 February 1942

Force landed Rattlesden 10/2/42.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944

Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Natenstedt, 11 miles NE of Vechta, Germany. (10 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report 2981.