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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G-20-BO #42-31512 "Ice Cold Katie" Code: CC-H 390th BG - 369th BS - 8th AF
Delivered Denver 13/11/43; Gt Falls 15/11/43; Denver 22/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Presque Is 25/12/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-H] Framlingham 2/1/44; suffered n/battle damaged hitting tree at Grundisburgh Hall, Sfk, being slow timed on 2/6/44, with Jack Fleck, Co-pilot: Nils Odstrom, Navigator: Bill Kleintank, Bombardier: Bill Alford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Rosenburg, Radio Operator: Ray Conway, Ball turret gunner: Alex Mackay, Passenger - M/Sgt Jim Burton (Crew chief), Passenger - Lt St John Williams [30th St. Com. Sq.) (10 Killed in Service). Wreckage simply burnt out, Salvaged 4/6/44. ICE COLD KATIE.
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). The tail assembly of the aircraft hit a tree and caused to aircraft to crash. The pilot was flying too low, and unable to clear tree. They crashed at Elmtree Farm, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, England, Market Park Field.
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Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 44
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 44
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 35
Military | Master Sergeant | Crew Chief | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 45. Killed in Action (KIA) B-17 #42-31512 'Ice Cold Katie' hit a tree at Grundisburgh while being slow timed on 2 June 1944.
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 35
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 34
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ground Echelon | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 46. Killed in Action (KIA) B-17 #42-31512 'Ice Cold Katie' hit a tree at Grundisburgh while being slow timed on 2 June 1944.
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42107177. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Lieutenant | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) B-17 #42-31512 'Ice Cold Katie' hit a tree at Grundisburgh while being slow timed on 2 June 1944.
24 January 1944
The primary target of this mission was the Zukunft power station at Eschweilier, Germany. The mision was composed of 563 bombers three elements from 1BD, 2BD and 3BD. The despatch from 2BD was recalled due to weather before it could take off. Mission...
30 January 1944
This mission has the aviation industry at Brunswick, Germany as the primary target. The mission is composed of a combined force pf 777 heavy bomber aircraft despatched in three elements: 1st Bomb Division; 2nd Bomb Division and 3rd Bomb Division. The...
3 February 1944
The port area and Naval facilities at Wilhelmshaven, Germany was the primary target for this mission. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bomb Divisions all participated.
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4 February 1944
The railroad marshalling yards at Frankfurt, Germany were focus of this mission, but other railroad marshalling yards in the area were attacked as well. Weather and navigational errors frustrate target acquisition.748 heavy bombers were despatched in a...
6 February 1944
German airfields and V-Weapon sites in France are the primary targets of this mission. A combined force total of 642 heavy bombers are depatched from 8th Air Force 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bomb Divisions. The primary targets of 1st Bomb Division were the...
13 February 1944
17 V-Wepons sites in France are the primary targets for this mission. The mission is divided into two separate forces: one force of B-24s from 2nd Bomb Division and one force of B-17s from 3rd Bomb Division. Mission summary follows:
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25 February 1944
On this final operation of BIG WEEK, Day 6, a combined force of 754 heavy bombers from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions are despatched to bomb the German aircraft industries at Regensburg, Augsburg, Stuttgart and Furth, Germany. Mission Summary follows:
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2 March 1944
The primary targets for this mission are: the railroad marshalling yards at Frankfurt, Germany; and the German air depot ar Chartres, France. The mission is composed of two entierly separate forces. 327 B-17s from 1st Air Division joined by 154 B-24s...
4 March 1944
The industrial areas in the suburbs of Berlin, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. All three Air Divisions despatch formations. However, the despatch from 2nd Air Division aborted the mission because of severe weather in the assembly area...
18 March 1944
The German aircraft industries and aie depots are the main objectives of this mission. A combined total of 738 heavy bombers from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions are despatched to bomb the German aircraft industries at Oberpfaffenhofen and...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Denver, CO | 13 November 1943 |
| Assigned | Framlingham Airfield, UK | 2 January 1944 |
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390BG |
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| Crashed | Grundisburgh Hall, Ipswich Rd, Grundisburgh, Woodbridge IP13 6TJ, UK | 2 June 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 November 2020 00:50:57 | 466thHistorian | Changes to markings, events, person associations and mission associations |
| Sources | ||
http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15349 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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