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B-17 Flying Fortress
The B-17 Flying Fortress - Serial Number - #42-37818 - Named, "Pub Pete", of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390 BG.'
The B-17G Flying Fortress Serial Number - # 42-37818, named, "Pub Pete" of the 390th Bomb Group. Shot down over Pas De Calais, France, bombing German "V" weapons. Crew lost. KIA. Jan 21. 1943
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37818) of the 390th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Oct-Nov 1943, BI-D 568BS, MIA 21/1/44 4K[IA], 6 POW.'](https://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/freeman/media-380440.jpg?itok=NPvLXDGI)
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37818) of the 390th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Oct-Nov 1943, BI-D 568BS, MIA 21/1/44 4K[IA], 6 POW.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37818) of the 568th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37818) of the 568th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group in flight with landing gear down. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37818) of the 568th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG.'
Aircrew of B-17 - Serial Number - #42-37818 - 'DINAH MITE' - 'PUB PETE'
The B-17G, SN #42-37818, named, 'PUB PETE' and 'DINAH MITE', was delivered to Long Beach, CA, Sept 10, 1943, Gr Island, Sept 30, 1943. It was assigned to the 8th Air Force, the 390th Bomb Group, and the 568th Bomb Squadron, Framlingham, Britain, Oct 7, 1943. 'PUB PETE' went MIA, Missing In Action, on a bombing mission to destroy German "V" weapons over Pas de Calais, France, with Clyde Baugher, Co-pilot: Elmer Schwankl, Bombardier: Paul Fabian, Waist gunner: Phil Marizzaldi, chute failed - 4 Killed in Action - Navigator: Charles Lee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Redwine, Radio Operator: Carter Lunsford, Ball turret gunner: Walton Beach, Waist gunner: Frank Bongiovanni, Tail gunner: Dick Chin POW. Flak knocked the ship out of formation. Crashed in the sea off Wissant, France, between Boulogne and Calais. Jan 21, 1944. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2270.
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 | Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G 42-37818 'Pub Pete. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Major | Pilot | 385th Bomb Group
Assigned to ETO UK, STA 155, Great Ashfield, 385th Bomb Group in April 1944; flew missions through June 1945. Was assigned temporary duty to 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall. Was sent to RAF STA 136 Winsfarthing, Fersfield for missions with Project...
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | B 17 gunner waist, Ball, top/flight engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 8
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete', Killed in Action (KIA).
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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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| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 21 January 1944 |
| Crashed | 62179 Wissant, France | 21 January 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 April 2021 07:44:45 | Kickapoo | Changes to markings |
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https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Disp... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 April 2021 07:42:51 | Kickapoo | Changes to markings |
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https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Disp... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 April 2021 07:33:30 | Kickapoo | Changes to description |
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https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Disp... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 April 2021 06:37:52 | Kickapoo | Changes to nicknames |
| Sources | ||
Best Web - B-17 - 'DINAH MITE' - 'PUB PETE' |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2270 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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