42-38004 Ol Man Tucker

media-33350.jpeg UPL 33350 "On the bomb run over Avord, France, a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 381st Bomb Group has opened its bomb bay doors and soon will be over the target to drop another load of bombs on enemy installations."

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Object Number - UPL 33350 - "On the bomb run over Avord, France, a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 381st Bomb Group has opened its bomb bay doors and soon will be over the...

Delivered Denver 10/11/43; Presque Is 30/11/43; Prestwick, UK 7/12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 6/1/44; 6 Missing in Action Eschwege 19/4/44 with Bob Rayburn, Co-pilot: Maynard Craft, Radio Operator: Don Peterson (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Loren Morse, Bombardier: Ralph Simons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Purser, Ball turret gunner: John Bristow, Waist gunner: De Forest Main,Tail gunner: Gerald Gerber (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, the flak set wing alight, crashed Rohrsburg, NW of Frettenrode, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4052. OL’ MAN TUCKER.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Leslie Bristow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34315592
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Maynard V Craft

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810115
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward J Creevy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13107939
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Carl A Gardon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0812971
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Gerald Gerber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32213378
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Missions

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 19 April 1944

Revisions

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ARowe95

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Additional info by Aaron Rowe

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4052 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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