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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752847
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-754923
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Denver, Colorado | 12 August 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Knettishall Airfield, UK | 17 January 1944 | 388BG 561BS |
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Other 1st combat mission |
Frankfurt, Germany | 29 January 1944 | |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Wennemanns Wisch, Germany | 22 May 1944 | Shot down by flak on 35th mission |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4955 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database