42-37734 Cuddle Cat
Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-G] Horham 8/9/43; with L. Jeffers force-landed RAF Lissett 13/11/43; with Robert Currence force-landed Thorpe Abbotts 16/12/43. Missing in Action on its 19th mission, to Kiel, Germany on 5 January 1944. Pilot Robert B. Currence, Co-pilot Harry L. Hankins, Navigator Marvin B. Edwards, Bombardier: John F. Werner, Flight engineer/Top Turret gunner Louis Rabinowitz, Right Waist gunner John P. Campbell, Tail gunner/Assistant Engineer Leo J. Landy (7 Prisoner of War). Radio Operator: Theodore R. Woznicki, Ball Turret gunner Ray E. Davis (2 evaded capture). Left Waist gunner/Assistant Radio Operator James J. Kelleher (Killed in Action). Crashed Biesmerée, four miles SE of Florennes (about 40km SW of Namur), Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1686.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39531825
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12159370
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677674
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35646857
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17031963
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 24 December 1943
- Date: 22 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Biesmerée, Belgium | 5 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1686 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database