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42-31367 Chow-Hound

media-26069.jpeg UPL 26069 42-31367 "Chow-hound" Crew Hutchinson & Cortright

Hutchinson & Cortright

Object Number - UPL 26069 - 42-31367 "Chow-hound" Crew

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-R] Bassingbourn 25/1/44; Missing in Action 50+m Caen 8/8/44 with Jack Thompson, Co-pilot: Dave Nelson, Navigator: Chas Bacigalupa*, Bombardier: Chas Sherrill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kortebein (Korthbein?), Radio Operator: Blake Treece, Ball turret gunner: Warren Godsey, Waist gunner: Dick Collins, Tail gunner: Gerald Gillies (9 Killed in Action); flak hit in fuselage and blew aircraft in half, crashed Gelnannes, S of Alencon, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8079. (* one record has the nav as a Prisoner of War). CHOW-HOUND.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.

322nd Bomb Squadron

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

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Charles F Bacigalupa

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Richard R Collins

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Maynard H Frey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)

Gerald F Gillies

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Warren D Godsey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bassingbourn

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

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

8 August 1944

Revisions

Date24 Apr 2024 21:38:12

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

Date29 Jan 2024 23:23:32

ContributorTallPaul19

Changes

Sources

Crew Chief added (Julian Murdoch)

details updated from information in Ray Bowden's book 'Plane names and fancy noses'

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:38

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8079 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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