42-3525

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Hill 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-D] Alconbury 8/9/43; was on first trial Oboe II sortie 11/11/43; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-C] Ridgewell 22/2/44; Missing in Action {1+m} Eschwege 19/4/44 with Leslie Bond, Navigator: Chas Brumback, Bombardier: Gerald Hilton, Radio Operator: Bill Jones, Ball turret gunner: Tony Caserta, Waist gunner: Anthony Darrington,Tail gunner: Bob Batchelder (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wilbur Mason, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Neal Clyman (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stubenmuhle, near Frettenrode, ten miles N of Eschwege, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4050.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31136103
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Carolina Queen" of the 381st Bomb Group after crash landing 8 April 1944. Official caption on image: "51925 AC." Printed caption on reverse: '51925 AC - Better Late Than Never - Five hours after the other ships in the group had returned from a bombing mission over Oldenburg, Germany, April 8, 1944, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Carolina Queen" pilot by Lt. Leslie A. Bond of Chickasha, Okla., came sliding home in a flawless belly landing. Unable to lower the ship's whee
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-698816
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061487
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 19 April 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4050 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database