42-3150 Foul Ball
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Object Number - UPL 30690 - Foul Ball (42-3150) with Crew 8 August 1943
Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 25/4/43; Missing in Action 11m Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Clarence Norris, no gas, ditched off Beachy Head, all crew swam ashore and RTD. No MACR. FOUL BALL.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17075343
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armorer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11087650
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission. B-17F (KY-G, serial number 41-24592) nicknamed "Madame Betterfly" is visible in the foreground. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publciation 26 Aug 1943.' [stamp] and '280694.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379003.jpg.webp?itok=zqu-kJVB)
- Date: 24 August 1943
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 17 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Assigned |
Polebrook, England | 25 April 1943 | Assigned to 511BS/351BG |
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Crashed |
Off of Beachy Head, English Channel | 6 September 1943 | Ditched off Beachy Head due to fuel shortage after returning from a mission to Offenburg. All crewmen aboard swam ashore and returned to duty. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
351st Bomb Group records
Aircraft biography
Fixed spelling and grammar mistakes in Markings area
