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42-39849

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 19/10/43 Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 18/11/43; Missing in Action {24m} Berlin 22/3/44 with Wyman Slosson{kept ship going so crew could bale out},Tail gunner: Warren Beahr* (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dave Smithline, Navigator: Joe Daugherty, Bombardier: Jim Higgins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Green, Radio Operator: Ed DeMatteo, Ball turret gunner: Don Power, Waist gunner: Verlyn Brown, Waist gunner: Emette Highland (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Altlandsberg, Oberbarnim, due E of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3314. (*Book by Pete Harris/Ken Harbour gives * Prisoner of War)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 508th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group.

508th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Warren M Beahr

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13034001
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Verlyn G Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Joseph W Daugherty

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Edward T Demattos

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

James R Green

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-107124) of the 351st Bomb Group flies over Polebrook.

Polebrook

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

22 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:50

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3314 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database