42-31497 Round Trip Jeannie

media-55191.jpeg UPL 55191 "Round-Trip Jeannie" photographed just one day before she was lost in action. 381st Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 55191 - "Round-Trip Jeannie" photographed just one day before she was lost in action.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 13/12/43; Westover 16/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 22/1/44; Missing in Action Cottbus 11/4/44 with Bob Hesse, Co-pilot: Bob Gatewood, Navigator: Theo Noga, Bombardier: Leo Bach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Brua Hollenbeck, Radio Operator: Frank Sexton, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Blanch, Waist gunner: Alvin Nelson,Tail gunner: Roy Puryear (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Welkenberg, six miles SW of Weisswasser, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3821. (First group loss with only a nine man crew-less a waist gunner) ROUND TRIP JEANNIE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Leo S Bach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Bernard J Blanch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert W Gatewood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Norman Henken

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12154247
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Presciliano S Herrera

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38120319
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 April 1944

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3821 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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