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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G 42-31329 334BS, 95BG, 8AF crash landed Oberriet-Kriessen, Diepoldsau, Switzerland. 16 Maarch 44.
B-17G 42-31329 334BS, 95BG, 8AF crash landed Oberriet-Kriessen, Diepoldsau, Switzerland. 16 March 44.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 10/11/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 15/11/43; with Glen Infield force landed RAF Manston 4/3/44; 25m, Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Jim Reed, Co-pilot: Maj Noel Strader, Navigator: Murray Ball, Bombardier: Bill Gadek, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Blake*, Radio Operator: Clayton Emerson*, Waist gunner: Rich Sherry*, Waist gunner: Willard Buss*,Tail gunner: David Harte (9INT); Ball turret gunner: Henry Gorski (POW, those marked * also given as POW in group aircraft history); crash landed Oberriet-Kriessen, Diepoldsau, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3229.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighter attacks on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31299 'Junior' maintained formation until finally crashing NW of Beilen, Holland after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Attacked by ME 109 fighters on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31329 fell out of formation and made a wheels up landing at Diepoldsau, Switzerland after five of the crew baled out. Interned.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Attacked by ME 109 fighters on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31329 fell out of formation and made a wheels up landing at Diepoldsau, Switzerland after five of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Attacked by ME 109 fighters on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31329 fell out of formation and made a wheels up landing at Diepoldsau, Switzerland after five of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Attacked by ME 109 fighters on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31329 fell out of formation and made a wheels up landing at Diepoldsau, Switzerland after five of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Attacked by ME 109 fighters on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31329 fell out of formation and made a wheels up landing at Diepoldsau, Switzerland after five of the crew baled out. Interned.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Attacked by ME 109 fighters on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31329 fell out of formation and made a wheels up landing at Diepoldsau, Switzerland after five of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Attacked by ME 109 fighters on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31329 fell out of formation and made a wheels up landing at Diepoldsau, Switzerland after five of the crew baled out. Interned.
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighter attacks on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31299 'Junior' maintained formation until finally crashing NW of Beilen, Holland after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Damaged by fighter attacks on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31299 'Junior' maintained formation until finally crashing NW of Beilen, Holland after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
16 March 1944
The two primary targets for this mission are: the industrial areas of Augsburg, Germany and Friedrichshafen, Germany. A combined force of 720 heavy bombers are despatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions. The bomber gunners of the combined despatch...
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12, UK | 4 March 1944 |
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Force landed RAF Manston 4/3/44. |
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| Crashed | Oberriet, Switzerland | 16 March 1944 – 16 March 1944 |
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Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44. Crash landed Oberriet-Kriessen, Diepoldsau, Switzerland; Missing Air Crew Report 3229. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 November 2015 20:26:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:37 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3229 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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