B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-F] Framlingham 14/7/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: John Wenzel, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Scott Barrows, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Radio Operator: Virgil Ulven, Ball turret gunner: Fred Oppelt, Waist gunner: John Danielson, Waist gunner: Clarry Pane, Tail gunner: Carl Spirito (10 Returned to Duty) flak, ditched Mediterranean Sea 13 miles off Bone, North Africa, all rescued. Missing Air Crew Report 396. BLOOD, GUTS AND RUST.
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 | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base. Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Crew Number 5.
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
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17 August 1943
The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed ...
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Cheyenne, WY | 2 June 1943 |
| Assigned | Framlingham Airfield, UK | 14 July 1943 |
| Ditched | Med Sea, 13 miles off the coast of Annaba (Bone), Algeria | 17 August 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 January 2022 20:29:26 | jmoore43 | Changes to media associations |
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Unselected key image. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 November 2020 19:47:15 | 466thHistorian | Changes to markings and events |
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 January 2020 20:53:46 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space in the A/C “Description” for clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 January 2020 20:50:45 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Added the nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 396 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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