42-39895 Bermondsay Battler

media-15881.jpeg UPL 15881 42-39895 "Bermondsay Battler" with Lt. Smith and crew.

Object Number - UPL 15881 - 42-39895 "Bermondsay Battler" with Lt. Smith and crew.

Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 22/12/43; 12+m Missing in Action Bunde 22/2/44 with Lee Smith, Co-pilot: 1st. Lt. Thomas Paxton Sherwood (in picture), Note: Co-pilot on 22.2.44 was 1st Lt. Rowland Evans (not shown in picture), Navigator: Leonard Meier, Bombardier: Harry Kaufman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Kemper, Radio Operator: John Zappala, Ball turret gunner: Lester Larson, Waist gunner: Andy Manning, Waist gunner: Reg Solway,Tail gunner: Larry Eden (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft crashed on Allhornsberg, at Hiddesen, three miles SW of Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2935. BERMONDSEY BATTLER.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-681361
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 22 February 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorsherwood
Changes
Sources

1st Lt. T.P. Sherwood Archives 1942-1945, Archivist John W. Sherwood, Seven Valleys PA 17.5.2019

Date
Contributorsherwood
Changes
Sources

1st Lt. T.P. Sherwood Archives 1942-1945, Archivist John W. Sherwood (son). Seven Valleys, PA 17.5.2019

Date
ContributorJasonR
Changes
Sources

Corrected spelling of aircraft name from "Bermondsdey" to "Bermondsday". Source - internet research/Army Air Forces forums http://www.armyairforces.com/download.axd?file=0;248202

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2935 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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