42-32079 Jayhawk

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 15/2/44; Grenier 25/3/44; Presque Is 28/3/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [B] Glatton 9/6/44; Missing in Action Osnabruck 26/9/44 with Carl Gooch, n/b-Rupert Phipps, Radio Operator: Clem Kelsey, Ball turret gunner: Leo Chermack, Waist gunner: Tom Angott (4 evaded capture); Radio Operator: Wilbur Parker, Tail gunner: Don Reilly (2 KIA - latter drowned in Kagermeer Lake); Co-pilot: John Quillin, ng-Alex McDermott (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed De Engel, near Lisse, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 9419. DELAYED LADY II aka JAYHAWK. (Memorial exists at De Engel and parts of aircraft in Assimeerderbrug Museum)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

 Man wearing a WWII-era Air Force military shirt and tie.  There are ribbons pinned above left shirt lapel.  Only upper body and head are visible.  The man is looking at the camera and smiling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat.  There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat.  The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36815267
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-764122
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15102544
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12064088
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

26 September 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

Date
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The name was told by the onl survivor Robrt Lee Phipps

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9419 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database