B-17 Flying Fortress
A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (DI-K, serial number 42-3312) of the 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1871-A. Hon. 12-31-43. Aero Repair B-17F. 42-3312."
A camouflaged gun at Framlingham. B-17 Flying Fortresses (serial number 42-31974) nicknamed "Bomboogie", (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchie" and (serial number 41-31971) of the 390th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Printed caption on reverse: 'SC314553 A Camouflaged 40mm gun in the foreground and a fortress in the background, of an American Antiaircraft Artillery Battery Group in Framlingham , England 4 April 1944.Signal Corps Photo ETO-HQ-44-2936 (Gun) released by Pub. Info Div. 7 Aug 1947. Orig. Neg Let 14132 .'
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3312) of the 390th Bomb Group prepares for take off at Framlingham. Passed as censored 25 Oct 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'The Fortress Keep Up The Attack. EH/MoN. In spite of all weathers, the Flying Fortresses of the 8th A.F. Bomber Command, keep up with their attacks on important targets over Germany and other enemy occupied countries. These pictures were taken at an 8th A.F. Bomber Command station in England. Photo shows:- Forts taking off for raid on Germany. Fox October 43. 13 and 23.' Censor no: 289803. On reverse: Fox Photos, Ministry of Information and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/freeman/media-414082.jpg?itok=L-1HScGQ)
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3312) of the 390th Bomb Group prepares for take off at Framlingham. Passed as censored 25 Oct 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'The Fortress Keep Up The Attack. EH/MoN. In spite of all weathers, the Flying Fortresses of the 8th A.F. Bomber Command, keep up with their attacks on important targets over Germany and other enemy occupied countries. These pictures were taken at an 8th A.F. Bomber Command station in England. Photo shows:- Forts taking off for raid on Germany. Fox October 43. 13 and 23.' Censor no: 289803. On reverse: Fox Photos, Ministry of Information and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchiee" of the 390th Bomb Group, drop bombs during a mission. The aircraft (left to right): (serial number 42-30434) nicknamed "Betty Boop" (Photographer), (serial number 42-3312) nicknamed "Sequatchiee", (serial number 42-30320) nicknamed "Coy De Coy", (serial number 42-37723) nicknamed "Coy De Coy III", (serial numer 42-30476) nicknamed "Rovin' Ramona", (serial number 42-30713) nicknamed "Phyllis Marie", (serial number 42-30455) nicknamed "Schifless Skonk", (serial number 42-30411) nicknamed "Rose Marie", (serial number 42-30642) nicknamed "Geronimo". Handwritten caption on reverse: '390.'
Lowry E Kelley KIA 42-3312 22 June 1944. Near Druex, France after an evening bombing "oil docks along river, north of Paris" Shot in parachute tangled in high tension wires
B-17G-45-DL #42-3312 "Sequatchiee" Code: DI-K 390th BG - 570th BS - 8th AF
B-17F-45-DL #42-3312 "Sequatchiee" Code: DI-K 390th BG - 570th BS - 8th AF
Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-K] Framlingham 14/7/43.
On Duren mission 20/10/43 with Charles Swafford , Lts. Gene Corbin & Clarry Cobb, Sgts. Lambert Geerlings & Harry Daniels all bailed but were KIA, (possibly fired on while in chutes) however the plane returned. (MACR 14417)
Missing in Action Huls 22/6/44 with Jim Bonner, Co-pilot: Leon Schapiro, Navigator: Dean JensenWounded in Action, Bombardier: Gene Friedman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Knobel, Ball turret gunner: Bob Rhoades, Waist gunner: Albt Gregoris, Waist gunner: Jim Grant,Tail gunner: Elvin Clinkenbeard (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Lowry Kelley (Killed in Action). Flak KO’d engine, crashed La Sablonniere, near Dreux, near Chartres, France. (Missing Air Crew Report 5927).
SEQUATCHIEE.
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 | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
James Arthur Bonner was born in California in 1917 to Edward and Agnes Bonner. He had a brother John Bonner who also served during WW II. He enlisted in the Army in 1941, and was commissioned an officer in 1943, going through combat training in...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 19 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters and flak en-route to target Regensburg and crashed SE of Laon on 25-Feb-44 in B-17F 42-30434 'Betty Boop-The Pistol Packin' Mama'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2659.
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 51
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Dreux on 6/22/44 inB-17 'Sequatchiee' #423312 Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x missions. Baled out over North Sea on Duren mission when B-17 42-3312 'Sequatchiee' was hit by flak over Tilburg, Holland. Posted MIA. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x missions. Baled out over North Sea on Duren mission when B-17 42-3312 'Sequatchiee' was hit by flak over Tilburg, Holland. Posted MIA. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 35. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x missions. Baled out over North Sea on Duren mission when B-17 42-3312 'Sequatchiee' was hit by flak over Tilburg, Holland. Posted MIA. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag. Luft III Shot down by flak and crashed at Dreux on 6/22/44 in B-17 Sequatchiee #423312
AM/ POW
15 August 1943
German airfields in Holland and France are the targets for this mission. All of the attacks were made late in the afternoon just prior to sunset. The mission is composed of two elements. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (20...
19 August 1943
The German airfields at Gilze-Rijen, Holland and Woensdrecht, Holland are the targets for this mission. The attacks will be made by two elements. The first element is a combined force of 125 B-17s from: 91BG (8); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (19);...
24 August 1943
The 8th Air Force is intent on dishing out some "pay back" to the Luftwaffe for the toll it took on bombers of the 17-Aug-43 mission to Schweinfurt/Regensburg. So, This mission has three attack elements and a diversion element. The attack elements are...
6 September 1943
This mission was planned as massive attack of 338 B-17s on the industrial areas of Stuttgart, Germany and would be supported by a formation of 69 B-24s flying a diversion. This would be the first action from the UK for the B-24 Groups that had recently...
7 September 1943
Two German airfields, one at Brussels, Begium and the other at Bergen, Holland, and the V-Weapons sites around Watten, France are the primary targets for this mission.
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15 September 1943
This mission is composed of three elements. The first element is a formation of 93 B-17s from: (1BG (19); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (19); and 381BG (19) despatched to bomb the German air deport at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. 87 aircraft are...
2 October 1943
This mission is composed of three elements, two or which are directed at the industrial areas of Emden, Germany and the other at the German airfield at Woensdrecht, Holland. The first element is a formation of 163 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division which...
4 October 1943
This mission is composed of five elements. The first element is a combined force of 104 B-17s from: 306BG (16); 92BG (17); 395BG (17); 303BG (19); 379BG (18) and 384BG (17) despatched to bomb the industrial areas of Frankfurt, Germany. 77 aircraft are...
9 October 1943
This mission is composed of 6 elements. The first element is a combined force of 115 B-17s from: 303BG (20); 379BG (20); 384BG (21); 351BG (21); 91BG 16; and 381BG (16) dispatched to bomb the industrial areas of Anklam, Germany. 106 aircraft are...
14 October 1943
This was the 2nd mission flown against the ball bearing industry at Schweinfurt, Germany and was as equally disastrous as that flown on 17-Aug-43. It came to be known as "Black Thursday". While fighter escort was dispatched, bad weather and lack of...
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 | 5 May 1943 |
| Assigned | Framlingham Airfield, UK | 14 July 1943 |
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390BG |
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| Combat Mission | Duren, Germany | 20 October 1943 |
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Four members of the crew bailed out but were all KIA. It is possible they were fired on while in their parachutes or killed after reaching the ground. The a/c returned to Framlingham |
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| Forced Belly Landing | Framlingham Airfield, UK | 31 December 1943 |
| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 22 June 1944 |
| Crashed | La Sablonniere, France | 22 June 1944 |
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Shot down by flak |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 December 2020 21:12:24 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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photo evidence |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 December 2020 21:10:20 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, markings, events, unit associations, person associations and mission associations |
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http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 June 2015 11:51:21 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to nicknames, description and person associations |
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Associated people - MACR 14417 |
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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 5927 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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