42-3540 Lucifer Jr III, Bacta-Th-Sac

media-32830.jpeg UPL 32830 "Against A Background Of Vapor Trails Etched By Proceding Heavy Bombers, The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Bacta Th' Sac' Of The 381St Bomb Group Heads Toward Its Objective, Somewhere In Europe."

- 42-3540 "Lucifer Jr II" aka "Bacta th Sac" MS-N 535th BS 381st BG.

Object Number - UPL 32830 - "Against A Background Of Vapor Trails Etched By Proceding Heavy Bombers, The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Bacta Th' Sac' Of The 381St Bomb Group...

Delivered Denver 26/7/43; Dyersbury 15/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 20/9/43 LUCIFER JR III; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1 December 1943 with Pilot Warren C. Hess; Navigator: David Randle; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert J. Gardella; Radio Operator: John F. Regan; Ball turret gunner: William M. Macklin; Left Waist gunner: Allan G. Ludwig; Right Waist gunner: Philip Burke (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Charles L. Smith Jr (evaded, captured, freed by British troops in Belgium); Bombardier: Robert Wernersbach (evaded capture, back in England 24 May);Tail gunner: Edgar G. Delp (KIA-died 12/12/43 of wounds, in hospital). Flak and/or fighters; crashed near Ampsin, 3km NW of Huy, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1660. BACTA-TH'-SAC.

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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 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33327732
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13130919
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32426578
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-794661
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38219887
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

near Ampsin (Amay), Belgium 1 December 1943 Either hit by Flak or enemy fighters, the B-17 left formation and crashed near Ampsin, a few kilometers Northeast of Huy, Belgium

Revisions

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 1660

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1660 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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