42-40000 Just Nothing / Quad Zero
Object Number - UPL 33343 - "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, en route to bomb target at Croisette, France. 14 January 1944. (Altitude 12,000...
Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43. Gr Island 12/11/43. Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 4/1/44.
Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with 2 killed in action:-
Capt Harvey Hesse;
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Charles Williams.
and 9 taken Prisoner of war:-
Co-pilot: Maj. Charles Lee;
Navigator: John Ryan(401BS);
Navigator: Jay Suldan;
Bombardier: Capt Prevost Marshall;
Radio Operator: Fred Snavely;
Ball turret gunner: Harlan Bunn;
Waist gunner: John Guy;
Waist gunner: Leonard Sterle;
Tail gunner: 2nd Lt. Francis C. Krahling
Flak KO’d #3, gas tank exploded & crashed Korbecke, 19 miles SE of Hamm, Germany.
Missing Air Crew Report 4259.
Of course other crew members flew in this aircraft at other times.
"QUAD ZERO" then "JUST NOTHING".
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38301982
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: Australian
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34601212
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802566
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 22 April 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 April 1944 |
