B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 27/12/43; Gr Island 6/1/44; Assigned 598BS/351BG [YB-D] Polebrook 29/2/44; Missing in Action 37m Merseburg 29/7/44 with John Morton, Co-pilot: Warren Bragdon, Navigator: Bill Fuerth, Bombardier: McCaleb Taylor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Ellis, Radio Operator: Maurice Franzblau, Ball turret gunner: Fenton Strohmeyer, Waist gunner: Clarry McGuire, Tail gunner: Guido Signoretti (9 Killed in Action); flak hit and on way down exploded in mid-air, crashed Benndorf, W of Merseburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7323.
Group
The 351st Bomb Group flew strategic bombing missions from their base at Polebrook, Northamptonshire from April 1943 to June 1945. The Group's most famous member was Hollywood actor Clark Gable, who flew four/ five missions with them as an observer...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 351st Bomb Group
Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | armorer Gunner 612 | 351st Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Beendorf in B-17 #42-38146, Killed in Action (KIA).
29 July 1944
Military site : airfield
Polebrook was laid down for RAF Bomber Command use in 1940-1941. Built by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, it had short runways which were lengthened for USAAF heavy bomber use. The RAF used the base for operational trials - including of B-17 Flying...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 29 July 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 March 2021 21:52:56 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
| Sources | ||
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7323 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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