42-31707 Jake's Jerks

media-37522.jpeg UPL 37522 B-17G-25-BO #42-31707 "Jake's Jerks"
388th BG - 561st BS
Shot down 22 May 1944
388th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 37522 - B-17G-25-BO #42-31707 "Jake's Jerks" 388th BG - 561st BS Shot down 22 May 1944

Delivered Denver 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Long Beach 2/1/44; Presque Is 5/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; Missing in Action Kiel 22/5/44 with Jack Glantz, Co-pilot: Bill Edwards, Navigator: Morton Berger, Bombardier: Jim Finucane, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hobbs, Radio Operator: Joe Monteith, Ball turret gunner: Marcel Bourgoin, Waist gunner: Ralph Campbell, Waist gunner: Art Potter,Tail gunner: Carl Slicker (10 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crashed Wennemanns Wisch, four miles W of Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4955. JAKE'S JERKS.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694847
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 388th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-767420
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, Colorado 12 August 1943

Assigned

Knettishall Airfield, UK 17 January 1944 388BG 561BS

Other

1st combat mission

Frankfurt, Germany 29 January 1944

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Wennemanns Wisch, Germany 22 May 1944 Shot down by flak on 35th mission

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4955 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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